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bysilverkniveshotmail. ( 713965 ) writes:
It seems like Apple and Microsoft get away with similar actions, are they facing any consequences?
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Apple is only shipping its software on devices it builds itself. Nothing in their devices precludes the use of third party services. You can always install Google Search or Bing on your iPhone, for example. There is no foul play since there is no licensing to third parties. Choice to the consumer is ensured by the availability of other options (Android devices, for example), a choice not hampered in any way by Apple.
Microsoft can likewise do as it pleases on the devices it manufactures and sells itself (cur
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Apple is only shipping its software on devices it builds itself. Nothing in their devices precludes the use of third party services. You can always install Google Search or Bing on your iPhone, for example.
Can I install any apps I want on my iPhone running iOS?
Apple invented the modern version of a walled garden. Google just got fined 5 billion for bundling apps. The former is far more restrictive.
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byCrashNBrn ( 1143981 ) writes:
Totally different. Apple doesn't allow anyone else to make money selling Apple compatible hardware. Apple doesn't allow anyone else to run an apple-AppStore.
Google must be sued for allowing those things, because "reasons."
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