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Let's see, SAMSUNG claims rarely match up with reality.  So it will interesting to see people test the phone for water proof, pen performance, and eye recognition.  

Aside from business models, technology protocols, etc., differences, does the privacy requirements of HomeKit really create the incompatibility with NEST and other Alphabet devices. My guess, this will be the big difference. Between Amazon and Alphabet the issue is not privacy, neither care, but rather ownership of customer data. 

Ironically it initially worked, until CVS pulled support.  So I suspect testing is a bogus excuse.  They are just delaying hoping their own alternative rises from the ashes. I have chosen to shop awalgreens since they use Apple Pay. As Wendy's (ergo go to Macdonalds) security breach and so many others testify, Apple Pay is the right secure solution. Since there is effectively no penalty for stores poor security except a short time of bad publicity and a trivial expense for fraud alert there is little incentive for them to improve. 

We have become so inured to these comstant failures by store chains, we have trouble being outraged and demanding serious penalties. 

Let's give a big shout out to once again Boston Logan Airport ability to maximize traveler inconvenience and technology lag. 

It costs real money to operate Apple Services.  In general Apple App fees are a break even operation not a major profit center, similarly Apple Music. Since Spotify has 3x number of paid subscribers, it seems a bit of a stretch to say Apple is a music monopoly. 

Apple let has a simple curated policy, if it's free then there is NO charge, if you charge for an app or subscription then Apple get 30% to fund the infrastructure (including billing and charge card) and innovation - those Server farms world wide are not free.

It should be noted, Apple is the best for paying Service for artists and other subscription services driven by low cost treat artists as second class.  Apple's music team and leadership has hired and prioritizes finding viable paths for artist financial success, this is not a priority of the other Services. 

Finally, as the app market has matured and app developers and users are looking to long term evolution of Services, e.g., subscriptions Apple is making some adjustments on its rates. They will never be free, but 15% is pretty low for infrastructure.   

One of the great injustices to creative industry was the recent monopoly case against Apple and book publishers. The same idiotic claims were successfully made driving out competition, closing brick and mortar bookshops, and taking competitive pressure off of Amazon with authors and publishers. 

So so here we go again.