For a very long time, third-party developers for iOS applications competed in search, invention and the integration of new, revolutionary features that make their product significantly raised over the competition and provides inflow users. Previously, Apple is not particularly looked at them, preferring to follow his own path (except for a very small, they can be counted on the fingers), but times change, and now the apple the company, in an attempt to catch up and overtake Android, does not disdain to adopt all of its operating system, the best that has been thought up and implemented by Parties developers.
What are we talking about? Well, for example, on iTunes Radio. The segment of services, which previously was divided between a Pandora and Co., is now updated with new releases from Apple.
New Camera received embedded processing tools pictures a la Instagram, including square photos, filter sets and Sharing pictures.
Photos are increasingly friendly with Photo Stream and perfectly fumbles photos and videos (there and work with the collaborative album). Certainly, there goes the intersection of interests with Facebook.
The new FaceTime only voice mode not only automatically becomes a Skype competitor, but also creates a headache for mobile operators: what if users will no longer use the classic GSM with its per-minute rip-off, but simply buy unlimited package of Internet traffic, and will be much chatter anything?
In the Control Center even has a flashlight, and it replaces the similar third-party applications. Yes, it is a trifle, but here is more important than individual facts, but the overall trend.
Weather is definitely not hesitate to use interface elements that are well established in the weather third party applications.
Not to mention Keychain - a potential killer 1Password and LastPass.
These facts can not but alert the developers and owners of existing services. Why? Obviously, Apple has no restrictions on the incorporation and promotion of their new services in his own operating system, can not be said about the developer. Moreover, they do not hesitate to take the best practices of small companies for which their product - the source (possibly the main or even the only) income. When iOS takes something out of Android - it's not so bad for Google. Apple takes a piece of the pie from Microsoft with their Skype? Well, probably, MS will be able to somehow survive, huh? But the same impact on smaller developers can mean death for him.
We would be very interested to hear the opinion of those who are directly involved with the development of iOS and has own products in the App Store: Apple such a change strategy can affect your activities the future? Does iOS developers will find themselves in a position "to create something brilliant to disappear?"
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