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Compatible standards, allowing other devices/platforms to interact with it, etc. Very common stuff for electronic and computer devices. Sometimes standards emerge on their own, sometimes standards are set by government, sometimes companies try to use their market power to create "walled gardens" and the government steps in to prevent them from doing that. Pretty basic exercise of governmental authority to regulate the products and services offered within their jurisdiction.
Sometimes. All PC memory is designed using the JEDEC spec for a particular generation of DRAM. Similarly SOC and PC bus topology follows standards set by international groups such as USB-IF and PCIe-SIG.
But not for everything. How many outfits do you believe have, say, Windows source access?
In other words, there are limits.
Like, say, a foreign company like Apple or Google that wants the freedom to go into their marketplace....but not play by the local rules? Not going to fly, to borrow your expression....
So if Apple refuses to transfer Air Drop tech to Europe so some European startup can copy it, you're cool with AAPL paying a $40 billion or so fine? That's a pretty big local rule.
You don't think it's in the US' best interest to watch out for potential abuses?
