But that's the problem. They're forcing you to choose both together when it should be an independent variable.
App developers also don't get to choose which phone their customers have already bought.
Computer developers don't get to choose which computer their customers have, either.
Seriously, I have no idea why people get so salty about this.
Society, as a collective, does reserve that right through anti-trust laws.
> Computer developers don't get to choose which computer their customers have, either.
Both Microsoft, and Steam monopoly powers have been called into question previously. Microsoft was specifically required to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows.
As has been noted exhaustively, Apple is a MINORITY player in the smartphone market. Antitrust doesn't enter into it.
MSFT, OTOH, absolutely WAS in a monopolistic position when the browser wars were raging, and was found to have abused that monopoly power. Apple isn't even CLOSE to that level of dominance, unless you define the market as "people who use Apple devices," which is transparently risible.
That's fine. So why shouldn't it be possible to install apps on iOS via Google Play or Amazon, and if you trust only Apple you could just not use those?
> Uh, no. Android phones are generally CHEAPER, so why does it take "money" to leave iOS?
Because it's not just the price of the phone, it's the cost of transitioning to a different ecosystem, which can easily be more than the entire price of the phone.