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Comment by qayxc

4 years ago

It might get worse: now that they're switching to their own SoCs, they might even block APIs and allow access only to certified parties.

Basically Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro might forever be faster than any 3rd party software package by having access to IP blocks that aren't exposed to other developers complete with signature check to prevent reverse-engineered use...

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kinghajj  4 years ago

If they really tried that, wouldn't the DoJ bring an anti-trust case against them? That's exactly what Microsoft was doing in the 90s, using undocumented internal APIs for their own software that let it run faster than competitors'.

  • qayxc  4 years ago

    Well, unlike Microsoft in the 90s, Apple doesn't hold a monopoly in the PC space.

    The current Oracle API-debacle also doesn't give me much hope that this would hold up in court. It's their hardware and by now they could even argue that Macs aren't general computing devices anymore. After all, what's the difference between the M1 and AMDs SoCs that power XBox and Playstation?

    (I should be careful - I can always hear Apple's lawyers taking notes;)