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[adias]

Android screen mirroring isn't banned in Europe. What's different about Apple's version?

I suspect Apple is concerned with security, given Brussels’ requirement to allow non-vetted apps. iOS is far more secure than Android.

 

[slartibartfast]

I suspect Apple is concerned with security, given Brussels’ requirement to allow non-vetted apps. iOS is far more secure than Android.

Does that mean it is Apple's decision to disable screen mirroring then?

 

[Burnside]

Without getting into politics, googling around suggests Apple are more concerned that the anti-competitive nature of the EU’s DMA might mean they’d need to open up the feature to competitors, so not necessarily anything to do with security per se. For example, see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255781461

 

[adias]

Without getting into politics, googling around suggests Apple are more concerned that the anti-competitive nature of the EU’s DMA might mean they’d need to open up the feature to competitors, so not necessarily anything to do with security per se. For example, see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255781461

No politics here...

The reason iOS is more secure than Android is because it's a well controlled sandboxed app environment. In Europe Apple was forced to open that sandbox and they did. They know their sandbox better than anyone else and decided to block some of their features (apparently screen mirroring*) that they know would further open malware attacks.

A sandboxed system has pros and cons of course, but the consumer should be the one to decide that balance. Still not politics... but why do Europeans need a Brussels nanny to protect them? They should be free to choose between Android and iOS and others and make their own decisions. Freedom favors consumers, the opposite restricts them.

* - Screen mirroring can indeed be a malware pathway in an open system, as it is a channel between 2 devices.