The UK's CMA says that developers need access to key iOS features to build innovative products and services, so UK consumers do not miss out but Apple’s proposed interoperability commitments are so weak they are essentially meaningless.
Read the full analysis here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apples-interoperability-commitments-to-the-uk-cma-promise-nothing/
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Apple’s Interoperability Commitments to the UK’s CMA Promise Nothing - Open Web Advocacy
The biggest problem is that the proposal is layered with multiple ways of Apple not having to share any API it doesn’t want to, regardless of the circumstances.
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Apple's assessment criteria are broad, subjective, and allow denial of any request. Apple can trivially deny any request and still be in full compliance with this policy.
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The proposals have not been well received by many commentators:
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The CMA has the powers to impose effective and enforceable interoperability obligations on mobile operating system gatekeepers under the DMCCA, it just doesn’t appear to be using them.
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