Oh no! How will I ignore their products now?
"If you don't let us misbehave, we're gonna cut off like a good 4th of our market share"
, lol, good riddance.
That was always allowed
We should pay attention as alternatives are dwindling. Google wants Android to be more like iOS, you may not have as much freedom of choice as you think you do.
demands for interoperability with non-Apple products
the rules were not applied to Samsung
I wonder if Samsung owns a walled garden where their products aren't interoperable with those from other manufacturers.
Just the evil nature of a megacorp manifesting in monology tenancies.
Anti-monopoly laws are at most too loose atm, not too strict.
(Also the threat is just a threat, they've been saying that for a decade now.)
Apple hardware has never been more boring, one iterative release after another. They rely on software and services to lock users in.
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