Discussion

• @markgurman Mark Gurman on x

  New story: Apple is considering letting users make third party apps defaults, including to replace Safari and Mail, in iOS 14. It's also planning native Spotify support for the HomePod and default access in Siri https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @adrianholovaty Adrian Holovaty on x

  I do the “no, I actually want to open this link in Firefox” dance on my iPhone several times a day, and it's started to feel quite repressive. Not to mention Apple forbids any non-Safari browser engine (nice monopoly ya got there). Hope this happens: https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @scottjenson Scott Jenson on x

  If true, this is a step in the right direction. But have to point out again, (sorry of this is getting tedious) that there are no ‘different browsers’ on iOS, just ‘skins’ over Webkit. This is pure 90s Microsoft style strangling other browsers https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @tsgiles Tom Giles on x

  This would be a big shift for Apple and underscores the bright antitrust spotlight shining on its practices. Regulators are asking whether the iPhone maker gives its own services unfair prominence on its devices. https://twitter.com/...

• @raywongy Ray Wong on x

  Spotify on HomePod pls. This speaker sounds so good for the size there no reason not to do it https://twitter.com/...

• @journeydan Daniel Bader on x

  Doesn't matter that it took this long (well, yes it does) but I'm just happy it's finally going to happen. https://twitter.com/...

• @steipete Peter Steinberger on x

  So tapping an RSS feed might open a feed reader instead of showing an error in Apple News? Groundbreaking. https://twitter.com/...

• @firt Maximiliano Firtman on x

  If it comes with the ability to ship your own web engine it will definitely be a game changer for the mobile web industry https://twitter.com/...

• @markjaquith Mark Jaquith on x

  This is both the right thing to do for users and a good antitrust defensive move. https://twitter.com/...

• @ranjanxroy Ranjan on x

  sometimes i feel my entire passion for antitrust is around just wanting spotify as my siri default. https://twitter.com/...

• @can @can on x

  This would both benefit the consumer and the developers. I love Spark for email and Fantastical for calendar. Long time coming really. https://twitter.com/...

• @ow @ow on x

  @tomwarren It also doesn't affect the fact that Apple only allows the Safari rendering engine anyway, so even if you can set your default to Chrome....it doesn't actually make it any less anticompetitive

• @onejarednewman Jared Newman on x

  Anti-competitive or not, being tossed into an app that you don't want to use is just a bad experience. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  Funny how even the slightest whiff of antitrust enforcement makes companies change their behavior https://twitter.com/...

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  if Apple allows default browsers and mail clients on iOS 14, you can bet it's related to increasing pressure from US and EU regulators. Also, I bet messaging (iMessage) is not included https://twitter.com/...

• @martinsfp Martin Sfp Bryant on x

  This would be huge > Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps to Rivals https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @technology @technology on x

  BREAKING: Apple considers giving rival apps more prominence on iPhones and iPads, after criticism its in-house products get an unfair advantage https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...