Originally Posted by
StuckInYYZ
This is where Google/Android fouls up. Market research is where they need help. A good example of this is any number of "Google xxx" apps...They get an idea for an app and open it to the public... then they either cancel the app without rhyme or reason or let it die a slow agonizing death and say it wasn't popular.(Google Play Music for example or Hangouts). Unfortunately it impacts the existing users. But then again, everyone is impacted by stuff like this. I'm sure Apple has a stable of similar products they changed course on. Just maybe fewer than the others.
Same with Apple, just that they let App developers bear the brunt of these decisions. Example: The have just announced - with next to zero lead time - that they'll be removing third-party app access to Siri. from IOS 15 on. All developers who have spent considerable resources on the SiriKit interface are now left with nothing ,and customers will not be happy.
Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
[...]In reality, Apple doesn't want that feature in iPhones because their marketing has hypnotized their users that you MUST buy a Macbook and iPad and Airpods Pro to complete your "Going to Starbucks or WeWork" outfit. Buying more products also makes shareholders happy.
Full disclosure: I've owned many Samsung phones, and I've never used Dex. I have a laptop and desktop computer when I need to read a lot of material or write long e-mails.
A very large number of people especially in Asia/China do not own desktop computers anymore. Especially small business owners use their phones and Dex for just about everything. Considering the cost and available computing power of premium smartphones these days, that even makes a lot of sense.