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Facebook paid Comscore to (for the first time) rank the most used preinstalled mobile apps alongside third-party ones.
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) July 7, 2021
Apple made 75% of the 20 top apps on iOS and Google made 60%. https://t.co/4nn9lJY1Q3
Clearly, it should be illegal for there to be a clock or camera app on your new iPhone. There should just be a black screen, and you’ll need to start by buying your own TCP/IP stack. https://t.co/qUBWBysT4e
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) July 7, 2021
That default app usage data, wow!https://t.co/KbqAWEheKh
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) July 7, 2021
I mean, the issue isn't really that the phone is coming with a set of pre-installed applications, it is that the manufacturer is elevating those applications above others (e.g. arbitrarily uninstallable shovelware).
— Sean ? (@cow_trix) July 7, 2021
But then Apple also shouldn’t be allowed to favor some parts suppliers over others. Every iPhone customer should get a choice as to which parts go into the phone, right down to the silicon manufacturer and aluminum sources. It’s the only way to be fair.
— David Chartier (@chartier) July 7, 2021
I really, really don’t like where this is all going or leading to. Why *shouldn’t* Apple or Google be able to offer a service to enhance their own device? Why *shouldn’t* they be able to write a new app or feature? None of it is consumer friendly.
— Rhys Morgan (@rhysmorgan) July 7, 2021
This is funny, but the fact that those two apps aren't pre-installed on the phone highlights the absurdity of any broad rules.
— Mark B. (@sbmarkb) July 7, 2021
Give lawmakers a Dell laptop & a flash drive w/ Arch linux on it & tell them to send you an email when it's all set up the way they like it.
There should be no basic features even for casual users. Everyone should be required to hunt down and subscribe to a data harvesting or premium app for every feature, ever.
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) July 7, 2021
Same with cars. LET ME CHOOSE MY OWN SIGNAL STICK DAMMIT! (Joke, I swear, don’t anti-trust Tesla!) https://t.co/AWtD1rbDvB
The only big core categories where I default to Apple’s preinstalled product are my web browser and camera app. https://t.co/Sw4ify33Ca
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) July 7, 2021
This is how I “bizarrely” differ from others: I *want* Apple to compete on building experiences only they can. But only as long as there’s an escape hatch — side loading — to force them with the true threat of competition to actually *do cool things* with those private APIs, etc. https://t.co/WS9VLcocw6
— Francisco Tolmasky (@tolmasky) July 7, 2021
If default apps get removed, I’ll be furious. It is very consumer friendly and underscores the devices “just working” when you get them. If they don’t have default apps I’ll just keep backing up from my old phone that has all the same apps anyhow. Silly conversation.
— Tim Schneider ?? (@tjlschneider) July 7, 2021
That is a real issue, and one of the bills proposed addresses that. But another bans any 'line of business' that 'utilises the platform to provide products or services'. That certainly bans Google Maps, probably a web browser, arguably a clock.
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) July 7, 2021
GarageBand is now the #1 tool for music producers no one uses anything else! I’m going to make a presentation about this in keynote.
— Andrew N. Green (@farming_xp) July 7, 2021
I wish I was joking, or posting a straw man, but this is a very direct and clear result of at least one and probably two of the tech antitrust bills introduced last month. 'You can't make apps that compete with anything else' - but that means everything on the phone.
— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) July 7, 2021
Default, integrated apps are a good thing for users. But OS makers should provide the option to change default apps and give competitors reasonable access to the same APIs (and security/privacy/usability reasons not to are overplayed). https://t.co/z2wFAXZYtH
— Zach Graves ?? (@ZacharyGraves) July 7, 2021
Silly interpretation, but it probably should end up illegal for Apple to advantage its own apps with private API and the ability to surface themselves in parts of the system other apps can’t (like the lockscreen), and with the ability to bypass user consent dialogs https://t.co/2Tx7UN6hQ1
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) July 7, 2021
Like, I strongly believe Apple need to make substantial changes to the App Store and how it works, but the antitrust legislation is swinging too far in the other direction. It’s like there’s no real examination of what’s best for customers -just third party developers.
— Rhys Morgan (@rhysmorgan) July 7, 2021
fascinating data from comscore/facebook showing how apple/google absolutely dominate your app usage with defaults https://t.co/pIi5NAs8XS
— Jake Kastrenakes (@jake_k) July 7, 2021
Facebook-funded research claims Apple's own apps crowd out third-party apps https://t.co/Kxt50UivM3
— iMore (@iMore) July 7, 2021