Jaromir Miko History repeats itself, at least when it comes to the tech giants' relationship with anmonopolies authorities. Apple is now facing criticism for putting third-party apps at a disadvantage, just as Microsoft is said to have put competing Internet browsers at a disadvantage by offering its own Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player. which is why the company started distributet even a special version of the Windows "N" operating system without these applications.
Critics Apple's is a bit more extensive, and that's because in addition to his device's native Safari browser také provide a built-in Mail application or Apple Music music service and for example the HomePod speaker can natively stream music only from this service. But that could change with the next big update to macOS, iOS, and more.
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The company is said to be considering more in response to criticisme open up their operating systems to third-party applications. This would allow users to replace Safari with a different browser, and any links they click on would appear to them they could open automatically in these browsers. He might as welli HomePod users to play music from Spotify and other services directly and not via AirPlay. And iOS could also automatically redirect users who click on a link with a prefix mailto:, to their chosen application.
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iOS devices now have 38 built-in apps, and many of them have an alternative in the App Store. However, these alternatives are not so popular, as their creators would like, simply because se there is already built-in competition in the system itself. Spotify as the main competitor of Apple Music si also complains about the fact that you Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), takes 30% of each subscription charge, because of what the service is also at a disadvantage in terms of price. Apple on criticism of Spotify he responded with an argument, that the company wants to get the most out of the iOS ecosystem, without having to pay for this benefit.
Za intended however, opening up the HomePod to other services may also be due to the fact that the speaker is noticeably behind Amazon Echo and others in terms of sales. Despite the fact that Apple's product offers a better experience, its market share is still around 5% after two years %. Opening up the product to other services could increase the popularity of the device.
According to sources inside Apple také is considering whether to allow deeper integration of Siri into third-party apps, including already mentioned music services, internet browsers and email clients. If these changes happen, it would happen in iOS 14.
I do not know. The only application that cannot be deleted and fully replaced (in the sense of automatically starting) is Safari. A person uninstalls everything else and then the system does not offer this service at all. And in many email clients you can set which browser the links should be opened in. I personally also use Outlook and each email client has its pros and cons. A huge plus for Outlook is that it can translate emails from other languages. Only the display of email content is a little different. I can't say bad, but just different. Apple Music? Can be uninstalled and replaced, but on iOS it makes more sense to use the above app. And this is how you can continue. For example, I have 3 browsers. Many websites are unusable in Safari.
You can't just tell Siri to tell Spotify to play this or that specific song, let alone "release radar" type things.