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Re:EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions fo... by pimterry on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:19AM (#43422873)
> Surely if a lack of open phone OS and feature access was the problem, we’d see a rich ecosystem of integrations that exist on Android devices that are just impossible to achieve on iOS right?

...yes, and that's exactly what has happened. Android has a thriving ecosystem of excellent smartwatches (Garmin, Pebble, Fitbit, Samsung & Pixel watches, etc) with lots of features (particularly around notifications and interactions with apps on the device) that are impossible to support on iOS. https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-... has some concrete details.

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Re:EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions fo... by tpmoney on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:20PM (#43425263)
So what is the problem needing to be solved then? If there’s a thriving open ecosystem, that currently enjoys the majority of the market share in the EU per other commenters in this discussion, and the only way to get “locked in” to the closed ecosystem is to buy a phone and 100% of your accessories from a single minority vendor, why is this a problem? Why don’t people just chose the more popular, more diverse, open and thriving platform?
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