[cyberpsychosis]

To add, this would disincentivize companies from pursuing novel Research and Development. Why would a company invest a lot of money to develop hardware if they will be eventually forced to open it up to some random competitor? If I was a competitor to Apple I would lobby hard to obtain access and not do any R&D of my own.

[bigglywiggler]

Right? Why spend money and effort to R&D actually interesting devices if you can just make cheapo compatible slop instead?

[troupo]

Oh no. How did we ever live without companies spending money and effort between the invention of computers and now.

[bigglywiggler]

We didn't. There has been constant innovation from then up until now.

[troupo]

Indeed. Yet you claim that opening platforms somehow prevents companies from investing in R&D

[bigglywiggler]

It does when a company has spent R&D to create a closed platform specifically for their customers. The closed platform is Apple's USP, their features are better because they only have to develop and support them for their devices.