Apple found in breach of EU competition rules

Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by leptons on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:35PM (#40782368)

>and has absolute control over what software runs on it including banning any programs it doesn't like

Don't forget taking the idea from an app developer, implementing it themselves, and then banning the app from the developer that came up with the idea. Apple has done this so many times, and it's completely abusive.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by worik on Monday June 24, 2024 @08:38PM (#40782921)

> Apple has done this so many times, and it's completely abusive.

Interesting

I must be living under a rock....

Have you some examples?

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by newzisforsukas on Monday June 24, 2024 @08:53PM (#40783028)

Sherlocking:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(software)#:~:text=So....

> The phenomenon of Apple releasing a feature that supplants or obviates third-party software is so well known that being Sherlocked has become an accepted term used within the Mac and iOS developer community.

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by zuhsetaqi on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @02:27AM (#40785133)

Keyboard on Apple Watch

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/14/flicktype-develop...

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by neop1x on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @06:24PM (#40805271)

Also stealing ideas from the jailbreak community https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/60-ios-features-apple-sto...

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by talldayo on Saturday July 06, 2024 @06:05PM (#40893703)

Directly copying the licensed design of the Swiss railway clock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_railway_clock

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