Comment by avianlyric
7 hours ago
We’re talking about a UI interface here. How exactly would you ask Apple to “license its technology” there? Apple needs tell people how to trigger that interface, and Apple needs to support 3rd parties trigging that interface.
Apple could “license its technology”, but what use would that be. Having other phone manufacturers implement the same UI doesn’t change the market distorting effects of the iPhone.
Device manufacturers could pay Apple to register their devices to be recognized by the iPhone that they know how to use the advanced features it is capable of, for example.
Also, device manufacturers can create apps for their devices and trigger those apps when a device is close by.
I am against the idea of having a company spend resources on designing and implementing features for its devices and then being forced to give them away for free.