Apple has been taken to court (in the EU, if I recall) about their lack of interoperability w/ non-Apple apps.
This is nothing new (for Apple or for business generally). It’s an OBVIOUS way to extend your franchise. Back in the 60s, I was trying to get a parrticular bearing for my Chevy pickup and got into a discussion of exactly this. Some engine and big-truck builders deliberately and explicitly designed non-standard bearings for their products so you HAD to buy their brand. At about double the price of a (nearly) similar product. Mack trucks were his example. Back then, we just shrugged and agreed that if you bought Mack, you SHOULD know what you were getting into. Now, with Apple, the POINT of the app is to communicate, and Apple makes that unreasonably difficult (some claim). Kind of as if Mack had designed a truck that didn’t fit on standard roads rather than just forcing Mack owners to pay extra for “support”.
Apple has been taken to court (in the EU, if I recall) about their lack of interoperability w/ non-Apple apps.
This is nothing new (for Apple or for business generally). It’s an OBVIOUS way to extend your franchise. Back in the 60s, I was trying to get a parrticular bearing for my Chevy pickup and got into a discussion of exactly this. Some engine and big-truck builders deliberately and explicitly designed non-standard bearings for their products so you HAD to buy their brand. At about double the price of a (nearly) similar product. Mack trucks were his example. Back then, we just shrugged and agreed that if you bought Mack, you SHOULD know what you were getting into. Now, with Apple, the POINT of the app is to communicate, and Apple makes that unreasonably difficult (some claim). Kind of as if Mack had designed a truck that didn’t fit on standard roads rather than just forcing Mack owners to pay extra for “support”.