They have the right to control what is available in their own app store, whether we like it or not.
Calling their control "monopoly" and "censorship" really dilutes the actual meaning of both terms
It makes more sense read with new legislation being the intent, so you have a point.
That said, that type of regulation seems overly heavy-handed IMHO, and I'm typically not an anti-regulation type of person.
You gave them your blessing to do all this and more when you bought the phone and didn't reject it when you read their terms and conditions for its usage.
iOS has always been a walled garden. Apple is proud of that fact.
I'm sure nobody could stop you putting your own OS on top, or hacking it wide open... But I don't think you have any right to force Apple to alter their software to allow you to do anything.
Or they could make sandboxing actually work.
It's a shame the EC didn't hit Google over these, too.
Google doesn't pretend that manually reviewing apps prevents malware because it obviously (to any software engineer) doesn't. It does, however do both static and dynamic analysis of the apps in its store, unlike Apple and the Chinese app stores.
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-mobile-android-vs-ios...
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-news-trends/security-t...
That doesn’t even consider all of the unpatched Android security holes.
https://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/how-secure-i...
Or the fact that most Android phones are running older versions that will never get patched.
https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/
Compared to iPhones running the latest versions....
Trying to bring uo unpatched devices is changing the subject (security-conscious people use Android devices that get regular security updates) — we were talking about app stores. It remains a fact that far more people have been infected with malware from the Apple App Store than from all other app stores combined.
Which Android devices get regular updates for over 2 years? 3 years? 5 years?
Android is insecure by design - since most devices can’t be updated. Unlike iOS devices that get updated regularly worldwide without waiting on the carrier.
And I posted links showing that Android is not as secure. Do you have any links to back up your claims?
Do you feel that Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft should also be forced to open up their platforms?
And yes, they also approve physical game sales and you can’t run a physical disk on either platform without it being cryptographically signed.