Imagining my grandpa calling me because his camera doesn't work because he denied the camera permission on his camera app. But then he can't because he denied all the permissions his phone app needs.
> ... Apple's own apps are still blessed with permissions that other apps have to ask for. This needs to be addressed too.
In the case of operating systems, I simply select a different operating system, and the same principle applies to AI models. It is amusing that Microsoft and Linux are available to consumers, providing them with a choice. However, simply because the decisions made by one or the other are superior/better does not imply that everyone should be reduced to a similar low level.
Apple is not even close to being the dominant operating system or hardware platform, globally, yet you still expect them to be mediocre, akin to most of their competition.
Not if it runs afoul of the law, and I can point out several DOZEN ways Apple's developer T&C violates the law.
Apple needs to get slapped down for anticompetitive practices, first and foremost. After that, they need to be removed from the economy the rest of the way for their constant decades of lying about Apple 'security.' (Remember the "Macs don't get viruses" advertising scheme, despite several viruses for Mac existing and being in the wild at that time?)
Tim Cook himself needs to sit in a prison cell for a while.
The barrier to entry is so high at this point that I fear we’ll never see another real entrant.
Do these regulations meaningfully move the needle? I doubt it. They do mean that you can be a little more competitive against the house within the two existing ecosystems, but if anything they probably raise the barrier for making something truly from scratch.