Alon Schwartz is the founder of Unglue, a parental control app. He describes Apple removing competing apps from the App Store in July 2018 prior to launching Screen Time.
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AssertionPartly supported
Schwartz: Apple removed dozens of competing parental control apps
“Tens. Tens of apps.”
Alon SchwartzMar 3, 2025▶ 13:27#93 David vs. Godzilla
Opinion
Schwartz: Apple is an unfair competitor that pulls no punches
“I mean, you're, you truly fighting an unfair game, an unfair competitor that is just pulling no punches.”
Alon SchwartzMar 3, 2025▶ 14:44#93 David vs. Godzilla
Opinion
Schwartz: Unglue forced Apple's hand to build native Screen Time
“I mean, we forced Apple's hand. We introduced this concept To the world.”
Alon SchwartzMar 3, 2025▶ 25:42#93 David vs. Godzilla
PredictionNot checkable as stated
Schwartz predicts screen-time management market will consolidate to one or two players
“Yeah, I think it will be probably one or two players. That's why I see it. And the one or two players will be the ones that the kids will like, or will hate the least. If not, you don't want to look at it. That's how it will play out.”
Schwartz: unGlue will solve device addiction and investors will regret passing
“And actually I think it's fortunate for the world because we will solve this problem for the next generation.
and this will be something that everyone will look back and like, yeah, that was one of the things we should have invested in, and that's fine, rig…”
Schwartz: Apple must collaborate with screen-time startups like unGlue
“Do I believe that Apple will do something about this? Absolutely, and I think that Apple is, you know, not an expert in this space, and they will have to do something in collaboration with other companies that are experts in this space like Unglue.”
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