Comment by Marsymars
20 hours ago
I generally agree that iOS/iPadOS aren't two different operating systems, but "iPadOS" predates the DMA.
20 hours ago
I generally agree that iOS/iPadOS aren't two different operating systems, but "iPadOS" predates the DMA.
Barely... the iPadOS brand was introduced in 2019, the European Commission proposed the DMA in 2020, and even prior to this there were obvious noises being made in Europe with regards to future regulation. Maybe its coincidence, but the timing still lines up for this being a response to the threat of EU changes.
So Apple preemptively split the names because they knew exactly how the unreleased DMA was going to affect them?
Law drafting in Europe doesn't happen behind closed doors and typically even has consultations with the companies affected by it. It wasn't unreleased only because it wasn't signed yet.