The EU will break this wide open with the Digital Markets Act. Even Apple is preparing to open their walled garden.
Big players would do as you predicted if not for regulatory measures, that have thankfully been taken.
Big players would do as you predicted if not for regulatory measures, that have thankfully been taken.
It’s hard to argue that Apple should have to permit such functionality but then if the debate shifts towards what first party OS level features Apple is and is not allowed to provide, we get into undesirable regulatory overreach.
Ideally the OS would be open source and replaceable but that’s a pipe dream. The reality remains that platforms are intentionally crafted to heavily favor the vendor’s services and there’s little that regulation will do to change that.