So, apparently Apple is allowing EU residents to delete system apps. Why dafuq would you want to do that?

Europeans..🤦🏻‍♂️

@CrashOverride

I find the Calculator offensive.

@amarand I can respect that, but you lose the cohesion when you start using third party apps.

Are all OEM’s required to do this or is this something Apple did on their own so they can have some peace and quiet.😅

@CrashOverride

My Calculator statement was a joke.

I do think the EU has rules about competition and if you force someone to have apps on their phone, it’s somewhat anti-competitive.

@amarand @CrashOverride yup its a EU rule

Also iPhone will open up to third party app stores is another rule - Third-party app stores, the ability for browsers to run their own engines, Fortnite, and now the ability to replace lots of default apps?

iPhones are just more fun in the EU lol

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/09/10/eu-ios-envy/

Default apps are a pain mostly anyway - its why ive been an android fan for so long at least we have the ability to remove them if we want

@ecksmc @amarand You can’t remove system apps from an Android phone either. You can disable them but you can’t remove them. There was a time, with root, you could. But now that option is gone as well. (1/4)

Personally, I’m not a fan of the EU making iOS act like Android. What you call fun, I call a mess waiting to happen, and it will. The more outside of the iOS ecosystem people venture, the more likely you’re going to run into problems along the way. That’s not an opinion, it’s a fact. (2/4)

I don’t have a problem with choice, but that’s what Android is there for. Forcing Apple to open up their OS is bullshit. If you want freedom and customization, you buy Android. If you want security and optimization, you buy iOS, it’s that simple.

The problem is, Europeans seem to want their cake and eat it too and I completely understand why Apple has been giving y’all such a hard time. I would too, if after a decade of use, I was blindsided by this nonsense. (3/4)

Apple should be free to run their company as they see fit and not be penalized by foreign governments because they don’t see it that way. (4/4)