Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ...
by flumpcakes on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:14AM
(#26992416)
> How is any business entitled to free or low-fee access to a platform that Apple built and maintain?
I see the argument all the time - I don't think it's really in good faith.
You could argue that it was in fact the app developers who built the platform. For the _average_ iPhone or Android user, how much time is spent in the default apps outside of core phone functionality (making calls, reading/sending sms)?
I would assume most people spend time in 3rd party applications like WhatsApp, Facebook, Spotify, etc.
The "killer app" of the iPhone isn't apple - it's the tens of thousands of 3rd party developers. If all 3rd party developers stopped developing for iOS then the iPhone would be a dead platform.
I see the argument all the time - I don't think it's really in good faith.
You could argue that it was in fact the app developers who built the platform. For the _average_ iPhone or Android user, how much time is spent in the default apps outside of core phone functionality (making calls, reading/sending sms)?
I would assume most people spend time in 3rd party applications like WhatsApp, Facebook, Spotify, etc.
The "killer app" of the iPhone isn't apple - it's the tens of thousands of 3rd party developers. If all 3rd party developers stopped developing for iOS then the iPhone would be a dead platform.