I imagine Facebook, Google (and Amazon - make no doubt they're gunning for this) are tired of sharecropping on Apple's platform. They see Apple as an unnecessary gatekeeper.
iOS is still king for apps, but this move benefits the above players at the expense of Apple (Google seems very hungry to cannibalize the Play Store if it can make the bot store work).
Furthermore (specifically for Google and Amazon), if text-based bots can work out, they're both making a play for the Echo/Home market, bypassing smartphones devices entirely.
iOS is still king for apps, but this move benefits the above players at the expense of Apple (Google seems very hungry to cannibalize the Play Store if it can make the bot store work).
Furthermore (specifically for Google and Amazon), if text-based bots can work out, they're both making a play for the Echo/Home market, bypassing smartphones devices entirely.