Comment by dzhiurgis
6 months ago
> What irreplaceable apps are propping up iOS?
EV charging and smart ID (aka gov id). To lesser extent - anything thats a smart hardware - home automation, cameras, vacuums, cars, drones, etc. Then there’s services - namely ride hailing, escooter hire. Plenty of mobile webapps are pretty crippled too so you download apps.
Don't know about EV stuff but I don't think normal ID cards are going anywhere. All the home automation stuff I've gotten speaks UPNP, my quadcopter doesn't have an app at all AFAIK but I shopped for an open source one. All the services seem to be moving toward the web just because dealing with the review processes is annoying and all you get from it is push notifications.
I don't understand how you consider these iOS-specific? These apps are also all available on Android phones.
If people, today, don't want to have iOS devices, they can switch to Android devices and use virtually all the same apps.
What would OpenAI release that would affect Apple and not every other phone vendor? Or do you also think all Android sales would tank if OpenAI released a phone?
Yes these are on android too. My point tho they are what keeps people on these platforms and prevents switching to i.e. linux phone.