Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
Think few people realize how bad the Apple situation is. If your company just ships like an iOS app and an Android app maybe you don&#x27;t really notice or maybe don&#x27;t care.<p>But work at a company where you try to build something like new hardware devices or systems without having to resort to building either an iOS app or handing over 30% to Apple and the situation becomes very worrying to dire. Simple things suddenly become impossible or have workarounds piled on top to get their browser to function in the ways their desktop one does or Android&#x27;s browser does.<p>You can feel some of their engineering choices are actively hostile against anyone trying to exist outside the App Store ecosystem. Sure I know some advocates push this as a good thing but I think they&#x27;ll disagree when the endgame plays out.<p>Because in 10 years, what currently exists as the only option on iPad and iPhone will be the only option on MacBooks too. There is a reason why the last WWDC was all about making the iPad feel more like MacOS and making parts of MacOS feel like iPadOS.<p>I used to be a huge Apple advocate but I&#x27;m really worried with where they&#x27;re heading as I&#x27;m trying to create new technology and Apple causes so much pain when you try to make anything other than an iOS app.<p>I do love my M1 MBP, have a lot less love for my iPhone these days but I&#x27;m worried where the tide is moving. It&#x27;s all absolutely fine, until it isn&#x27;t and then the problem is it&#x27;s completely locked down from the touch screen to the silicon...