[the_solenoid]

I see this argument all the time - how is it anti competitive if you have to buy a device from apple to use the apps?

Its not like anyone can just make an iphone, it's not like the PC market, it's not even like the macOS market.

If people (consumers) in general gave a rats ass about it they would pick an alternative. It's not even on their radar. Price is 95% of why androids sold at all, and they had all the time in the world to make something better.

I personally love the idea, but professionally hate it. IT shops chose apple for it being locked down, and burdening 3rd parties with extra support costs if the platform is wide open is a crappy thing to do.

[realusername]

The anticompetitive aspect is obvious, right now Safari development picked up full steam again after years of being half abandoned. Because of regulations, they can't just afford to rely on the browser monopoly anymore.