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IAC CEO says Apple is 'worse' than Google, likely the next antitrust target
Some people think that the definition of the word 'monopoly' is whatever they want it to be.
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Apple's head of privacy doubles down on anti-sideloading stance
Google might be trustworthy (a highly dubious proposition) but some other developer might not be. Now explain how Apple can allow side loading from some developers but not from others.OutdoorAppDeveloper said:A concrete example: Google just released their new $99 Pixel earbuds. They use Google's assistant rather than Siri. Let's say you prefer to use Google's assistant and want to use the Pixel Buds on your iPhone. Right now you can't do that because Apple won't let you use the Google assistant automatically with the Pixel Buds. If Apple allowed side loading, you could load Google's assistant app and it would connect your Pixel Buds to Google's assistant. Now explain how side loading an official Google app reduces your security or choices as a consumer?
I really would love to buy a Honda Accord but it doesn't come in the color I want. Do I have grounds to sue Honda because they aren't offering the product feature that I want?
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Apple's head of privacy doubles down on anti-sideloading stance
Don't assume that every iPhone owner is as smart as you. The internet is rife with people who are phished into turning off their security settings and are then fleeced substantial sums. Most of these are elderly people who did not grow up using technology. There is a need for a device that is highly secure and Apple is trying to fill that need.beowulfschmidt said:
While I in no way, shape, or form support forcing Apple to open up to other App Stores, this particular argument doesn't hold much water. Apple could add a switch to iOS that simply disallows purchases or downloads from any App Store but Apple's own. Such an option could be set to "disallow" by default. Flipping that switch off could require authentication, i.e. password, Touch ID, or Face ID.AppleInsider said:"Even users who intend -- they've consciously thought themselves that they are only going to download apps from the App Store -- well, the attackers know this," he says, "so they're going to try to convince that user that they're downloading an app from the App Store even when that's not happening."
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Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea
There was a time when the feds were able to ban convertibles on the grounds of safety. This was overturned by the courts, basically (if I remember correctly), on the grounds that the regulation is tantamount to the feds getting too far into a business in which it has no expertise at all: designing automobiles.
Side loading is a product design feature of an operating system. Android chooses to offer it, Apple does not. The same reasoning used for convertibles applies here. -
Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea
Then go buy an Android phone! If people want iOS to be like Android, why not just by Android?CheeseFreeze said:“Apple explains why getting iPhone apps outside the App Store is a bad idea for share-holder valuation and their monopoly on the App Store”
I need to be in control of the device that I own. Apple’s arguments are heavily orchestrated PR events.
This claim that people should have control over the device they own makes sense if iOS is the only game in town. It's not! In fact Android sells more phones than iOS so no one can claim that Apple monopolizes the smart phone market.
What Apple monopolizes is the market for iPhones. Just as BMW monopolizes the market for BMW cars. It is an unstintingly stupid, economically illogical argument.
