Ah yes, let's blame Khan's involvement (which happened prior to Trump's election) for what eventually truly brought down iRobot: Trump's tariffs.

Guess this is the level of AI slop we'll need to expect from Slashdot from now on.

I guess we'll never really know what would've happened in an alternative timeline, but my feeling is that Apple would've been forced to release the SDK regardless because Google would've done so themselves eventually (whether or not "devs forced them too" is again an alternative timeline of hypothetical series of events).

My point of view on it is that phones is just the next iteration of computers, and MS wouldn't have been as huge as it is now if it weren't for developers being basically unrestricted to develop for its Windows/DOS platform too (compare to many other consumer OS's at the time that never gained real traction, like OS/2 and many others).

I never understood why Apple crippled their software keyboard so much, especially since screens have gotten taller ever since iPhone 5 and up.

Apple should be thanking devs for making apps for its platforms, instead of constantly screwing them over. Apple owes its success for its mobile devices to third party devs. But Apple arrogantly thinks devs need it more than Apple need devs, so thinks it has carte-blanche to abuse them.

What would Apple's devices look like if there weren't enough third-party devs making apps? Just a dozen or so crappy Apple apps, with the rest being "web apps" that are too crippled (due to Apple's crippling of Safari as a useful browser) to be useful? Android would've crushed them then.

Fears? More like "Predictions" or "Certainty".

Probably trump's dick length, per Stormy Daniels.

he starts using the metric system. Then all hell is gonna break loose!!!!!,

.... because the impotent USA isn't investigating said American tech firms, instead opting to accept bribes from them."

There FTFY

Google is an effective Privacy Rapist

There FTFY.

and when the other side opts for "leave it", the first side will claim it no longer has any obligations since the contract is now void (read: Verizon would claim it is no longer required to do any unlocks).

Obviously a win-win for Verizon only, thanks to spineless and fucking useless FCC (read story for more on that).

Well well, look at you not answering the question with your word salad, just like Trump.

I'll take Canada over your shithole country any day.

Not only that, but the kinds of bullshit companies do like changing your default browser back to the OS default on any point-release of an OS update pisses me off.

I'm looking at you, assholes at Apple!

A swing and a miss!

if Epic/Unreal had a large enough market share of the gaming industry, and significant ability to lock their gaming customers into only Epic/Unreal gaming platforms, to be considered as much of a competitive concern as Apple's App Store

Apple has 100% marketshare for iOS app distribution.

Trump's own tariffs destroying the US' auto industry.

Google is Building an Experimental New Browser and a New Kind of Web App

World's Top Privacy Rapist is Building an Experimental New Browser and a New Kind of Privacy Raping App

There FTFY.