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I presume this is about a contract around something deeper than simply having another app, otherwise they could just build the app - no contract involved.

I think that Google & Apple's trust relationship has broken down post-Google Maps.

> I think that Google & Apple's trust relationship has broken down post-Google Maps.

I think Apple's "trust" can be bought by a big enough customer, and Apple's continued interaction with Google's privacy-destroying search engine seems to demonstrate that nicely.

I think it will be like middle-ware one choices their model by radio button. Apple may have a default model that they manage but a user could switch to various models based on whim.

Apple doesn't typically offer options to the user like this. They'll decide if what's best for the given context.

You mean like search under safari?

That was before Steve declared war on Android. Not sure it matters anymore, though.