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Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS:
Apple is seriously considering the possibility of allowing users to change the default apps for Web browsing, mail, or music on their iPhones. The company might also allow users to listen to Spotify or other music streaming services besides Apple Music via Siri on the iPhone or on the HomePod smart speaker.
These revelations were outlined in a report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman this morning, who cited multiple people familiar with Apple's internal plans.
[...] Currently, iOS users can download third-party applications for mail or Web browsing like Outlook or Firefox, but they cannot set them to be the default apps that the system opens when a link or email address is tapped in another application, for example. Apple does allow users to do these things in some cases with its macOS software for desktops and laptops, even though it's not possible on the company's mobile platforms.
[...] And as Bloomberg notes, more elegant support for streaming services besides Apple Music would almost certainly be a boon for sales of Apple's HomePod smart speaker, as that lack of flexibility is a major limitation for that product compared to its competitors. Yes, HomePod users can stream Spotify to the HomePod using Apple's AirPlay technology, but many users may feel that is not a complete solution.
[...] Bloomberg's sources were careful to clarify that no final decisions have been made yet, but given Apple's longstanding commitment to a different philosophy, the fact this change is being seriously considered at all is on its own a major development.
When it released iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 in 2019, Apple already began lifting some smaller limitations on how users could customize the mobile operating system. So if these changes for default apps do go forward, they could herald a dramatic shift in Apple's software strategy—whether they're made to make things better for users, to appease regulators, or both.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 23 2020, @05:31AM
Actually, Barbara Hudson (nee Tom) has been talking out of her ass for decades.
https://slashdot.org/~tomhudson [slashdot.org]
She's really good at it, too. It's quite impressive.
She has only recently arrived at SN.
Please note that I am not condemning Barbara as dumb. I am also not suggesting that she shut up. Quite the contrary in fact.
And I am most certainly not judging her or attempting to put her down because she is transgender. That's completely fine with me.
I have family members who are transgender and I love and support them wholeheartedly.
So no. Barbara Hudson is definitely a real persona and has a digital trail that spans, as I said, decades.
That she talks out of her ass isn't an attempt to rile up the troglodytes either. She manages to piss *everyone* off with her ridiculous and often nasty, diatribes.
Keep up the good work, Barbara!