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Apple’s iPhone business is not a monopoly.
There’s no argument that Apple is far from perfect on the inclusivity front.
Of course,RCS support is now set to arrive on iPhones.
Sure, it won’t be complete integration or cross-platform compatibility.
RCS messages will not appear, it seems, inside of iMessage.
In other words, it may feel a bit like messaging inWhatsAppon an iPhone.
Even so, Apple’s not blocking the idea.
Is Apple taking its sweet time in adding WearOS support to the iPhone?
Yes, and one wonders if it’ll ever do so.
I agree, this is a problem.
More importantly, this is not the reason why someone would switch from Android to iPhone.
It seems to me that the DOJ is confusing monopoly with ecosystem.
The Apple ecosystem, and the considerable consumer benefits it offers, springs directly from that control.
When Imade the choice to switch to a MacBook in 2023, though, my life was transformed.
There has never been a collection of hardware and software that works as well together as Apple’s.
This is not coercion; it’s consistency, and seamless integration.
It’s not always a perfect relationship.
Apple’s App Store policies are probably the closest Apple has come to being a monopolistic player.
Its app vetting process is a black box that makes a lot of arbitrary decisions.
Similarly, people choose Samsung and Google Phones for their own idiosyncratic reasons.
No one is trapped, stuck, or more importantly without choice.
Suppose the US Government wins, and it does start making those choices.
