Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon...
by positus on Thursday March 21, 2024 @03:49PM
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> Apparently they didn’t because Apple Music boomed right after that change.
I wonder how much offering discounted subscriptions to students or iCloud Family users also contributed to its success.
> It’s a one-time pop-up, on opening the music app the first time. Same as the browser choice pop-up on your desktop. Hardly an advertisement.
I don't like browser selection options either. Then again, I tend to use Apple's default apps unless I have an unusual reason to use something else.
Apparently they didn’t because Apple Music boomed right after that change.
> It is by no means unfair, immoral, or unethical for a company to prefer and promote their own products.
It is when that company is one part of a duopoly, especially for a device pretty critical to daily life :+)
> On a personal note, I never in my life want to see advertisements for third-party software by default.
It’s a one-time pop-up, on opening the music app the first time. Same as the browser choice pop-up on your desktop. Hardly an advertisement.