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Not going to happen. Do you want them to build only hardware?
Amazon and Microsoft own WAY more tangentially related companies than Apple, and are constantly gobbling up more and more.
discussion brewing over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28235555
Then writing software becomes harder as you have to support everything under the sun and have difficulty deprecating things like MS does with windows. You have to check for individual hardware instead of writing for a platform. This argument is basically “what is the value of a platform?”
But that really makes no sense either.
That's kind of the case, nowadays; XBOX runs a slightly modified Windows 10, and you don't need to buy a Microsoft brand computer (the XBOX) to play XBOX games (you just need Microsoft Windows 10).
> and the PlayStation and the OS that runs on that should also be split into separate legal entities.
And that's besides the point. Games consoles are for playing video games on, but Apple is selling a general-purpose computing device (according to the adverts, at least). Their smart watches, yeah, I can understand treating that as an embedded system, but the iPhone‽ When they're profiting from their App Store monopoly, they have ulterior motives to keep it locked down, and antitrust should swoop in to save the day.
If you can only put one OS on a device,
They're already “paying for others' research”, because you're allowed to copy what Apple does.
> Then writing software becomes harder as you have to support everything under the sun
Whoever said they can't still write for a platform? It can be the responsibility of other iPhone manufacturers to make to-spec iPhones.
Patents cover anything innovative.
> Whoever said they can't still write for a platform? It can be the responsibility of other iPhone manufacturers to make to-spec iPhones.
and this works well currently with android and other platforms (cough palm). on android tv can i stream wirelessly to my headphones with zero lag? on chromebooks can i sync a bluetooth mouse and it show up on my other chromebooks?
You cannot have 2 companies and still have tight integration.
And also?
> on chromebooks can i sync a bluetooth mouse and it show up on my other chromebooks?
This is pure software. I could do that between a Debian machine and a Windows machine, if I wanted. You're overstating the need for software / hardware integration.
Nope. Because the certificate used to create the secret during the handshake must be kept secret. Apple uses custom hardware of this. Unless you think certificate keys should exist in main memory allowing for them to be stolen and your secure bluetooth connection to be compromised.
> I could do that between a Debian machine and a Windows machine, if I wanted.
Let’s see it. And while we’re at it throw in seamlessly (think non tech user seamless) downloading and sharing media to all your devices on your network. Not just ripped DVDs, protected newly releases DRMed up media. With nothing more than 2 clicks and an app install (for apple tv only)
You’re stuck in this everything is software world. That’s changing and as things progress further we’ll see more and more hardware used. Primarily so we can specialize and reduce the power consumption for generic solutions operating on generic processors.