The answer is simple. This allows a user to have one of the two, and have e.g. Signal handle your phone calls. It does not require removing an app in favour of another.
Apple builds a smart device that’s both a phone and an audio player and named it ‘iPhone’.
The iPhone became the most sought after smart device and it is still the most sought after, in my opinion.
The device is so successful that app developers were willing to deal with the large cut Apple demanded.
I’ve said this many times over the years and I will say it again. As soon as Apple became a Trillion dollar company, I said the vultures would be circling to get a piece of them.
In regard to its Messages app, you can’t say having the blue color is akin to Microsoft making Internet Explore the default browser which caused the use of other browsers to allegedly be severely diminished.
Owning a PC during that time was still somewhat new and people were hesitant and a little intimidated by them.
Today, a smartphone is like a glass of water. It’s everywhere, and parents will hand their 18 month old child their iPhone and allow them to touch and swipe the screen. It some circles, it’s not uncommon to see someone in elementary school with an iPhone.
Reports of ‘bullying’ because someone’s device couldn’t send or receive iMessages. Remember that? I didn’t buy it then and I’m not buying it now because kids will try every app in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store to find the communications app where they can communicate freely with their friends, and possibly away from the prying eyes of their parents.
So what is the EU’s end game? What is being gained by them and is the gain long term?
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