Can we force a developer to code an app for all platforms? According to John Chen, the owner of Blackberry, that's obvious. IPhone users or Android would be according to him preferred because they have a choice of content and unparalleled apps compared to boutique Blackberry or Windows Phone. And John Chen did not fear of words to describe this situation: This would be for him outright "discrimination". So he decided to go on campaign to claim a principle of neutrality Apps ... derived from net neutrality.
Netflix and Apple are also enemies of net neutrality!
The CEO of BlackBerry signed a bill in this sense on company's official blog this Jan. 21 and sent his text to several members of Congress. His reasoning is as follows: Lawyers for net neutrality condemn operators who want to condition access to internet and to pay for some services to deliver their contents in good conditions.
So, they should also be targeted at developers who refuse to decline their applications in Blackberry or Windows Phone are enemies of this principle. As Netflix which offers its streaming service only on iOS or Android.
Just as Apple does not allow users to another OS than hers to use iMessage, while Blackberry allows everyone to benefit from BBM. A position that is surprising: A position that is surprising: to this account there, it would ask websites to be compatible with all browsers!
"Neutrality must be legally imposed for apps and content if we really want free internet, open and non-discriminatory," says John Chen. He hopes that his views will be heard, even though the issue of net neutrality raises a substantive debate in the United States and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) undertook to rephrase it.
