> Assume everything is open now - wouldn't that create chaos?
Yeah, but equal chaos to all. In the end the achievable experience for Samsung and Apple earbuds need to be the same. It does not need to be the best one.
If Apple wants to have the best experience, they should create for each improvement a new API version and tell it in reasonable advance to their competitors to allow them to equal the playing field.
That's a valid point. Equal chaos to all I haven't thought about. It would still mean that Apple would dictate the terms of any changes, but it would open up the possibility to implement changes for everyone.
Yeah, but equal chaos to all. In the end the achievable experience for Samsung and Apple earbuds need to be the same. It does not need to be the best one.
If Apple wants to have the best experience, they should create for each improvement a new API version and tell it in reasonable advance to their competitors to allow them to equal the playing field.