Apple, Spotify Discuss Siri Truce, as Antitrust Battle Looms (theverge.com) 9
Apple and Spotify are in talks about potentially enabling Siri to play songs, albums, and playlists from the leading subscription music service. The Verge: A new report from The Information confirms that Spotify would be taking advantage of new capabilities that Apple is introducing in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, which allow other apps to be on equal footing with Apple Music when making music requests through the company's Siri voice assistant. If Spotify takes advantage of the new tools, you'll be able to play music without having to open the app on your iPhone or iPad. The integration could be a sign of progress between two companies that have butted heads to a more heated degree than ever before over the last year. In March, Spotify filed an antitrust complaint with the EU that accused Apple of disadvantaging third-party services that compete with its own apps. Among other gripes (such as Apple's subscription tax), Spotify pointed to hands-free Siri compatibility as one convenient feature that Apple was reserving for its own Apple Music service. Further reading: Apple Says Spotify Wants 'the Benefits of a Free App Without Being Free'; and Apple Cites Irrelevant Spotify Subscription Stats In New Antitrust Defense.
Illegal? (Score:3)
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Antitrust (Score:1)
Apple should have been properly delt with after there anticompetitive behaviour with ebooks. The market never recovered.
They need to be stopped.
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Amazon was selling ebooks at a loss so it could sell more kindles and get rid of the competition.
The ONLY winner was Amazon.
Antitrust (Score:1)
The only winner was Apples cartel. The loser was us the consumer.
Why would it not do that? (Score:2)
I thought assistant software was supposed to do what you ask? It's limited by brand?
Re: Why would it not do that? (Score:2)
Apparently Sriri is?
Neither Alexa not Google Assistant are limited like this, so it's totally news to me.
Bananas why anyone sticks with Apple.
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Google and Amazon's assistants are not restricted to a narrow higher-paying segment of the market. The broader market coverage means more people plugging into the AI.
Apple has insisted on only serving a small higher-paying segment of the market since forever. They're incapable of selling to a broad market.