Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by dleslie on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:49PM
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Enacting regulation to force open access is well-trod the world over. Apple may not need to port FaceTime, but there is strong cause to demand that all social networks and communication providers either adopt open standards or open their protocols and adhere to them.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by zepto on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:03PM
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adopt open standards or open their protocols and adhere to them
I.e. no further innovation is possible?
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by dleslie on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:38PM
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HTML5 is a thing. Innovation of open standards occurs.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by zepto on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @08:56PM
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Nobody is forced to implement or adhere to HTML5.
It is completely voluntary.
Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint
by dleslie on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:05AM
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Ok.
You'll find many required open standards in civic engineering and aerospace engineering, and really, any engineering where engineers carry liability. They adapt and change in response to deficiencies discovered.
But that's talking about Facetime as if it's a product. It's not - it's a feature of iOS, iPadOS and MacOS. Effectively, Facetime isn't free - it's a unlimited use service that is paid for with your initial purchase of your Mac or iOS device and includes a perpetual, transferable license.