Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code < / P > < p > to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > on April 8, in the face of the criticism of EU, developers and U.S. legislators on their anti competitive behavior, apple commissioned the consulting agency analysis group to release the latest research report. Apple pointed out that the report shows that third-party applications have achieved great success on the iPhone and other apple devices, and even beat Apple's own similar applications in most cases < p > this research report focuses on the regional and global success of third-party applications on Apple platform. Apple said the research showed that "there are a lot of opportunities for developers and a wide range of choices for consumers". Since the launch of the app store, the number of third-party applications has increased from about 500 to more than 1.8 million, of which Apple has about 60 applications < p > Apple said: "today, more than 99.99% of IOS applications are developed by third-party developers, which promotes a growing and highly competitive market and brings users a dynamic experience, which is good for both apple and third-party developers." Analysts at < p > analysis group said that among several categories of applications, only third-party applications were available, including social networking, dating services, travel planning, and food and beverage. In most categories, Apple's own applications rarely dominate and account for only a small part of the overall usage time of such applications. Although Apple has pre installed many core functions that should be used to enable the device, this is still the case < p > analysts wrote: "we found that in almost all countries and application types we considered, although Apple's own applications are used by many people, they are rarely the most popular applications in specific types and cannot be compared with the popularity of third-party applications." < p > analysts cited in the report that in the United States, spotify is 1.6 times more popular than apple music, Google maps is 1.5 times more popular than apple maps, and Netflix is 17 times more popular than Apple TV. Meanwhile, Amazon's Kindle service is 4.5 times more popular than Apple's books app, while the most popular messaging apps are snapchat and Facebook messenger < p > in addition, the report points out that users often switch between multiple applications in the same category, such as using different messaging applications to communicate with friends, family and colleagues. Apple said that this shows that it is very easy to switch between different applications. Apple also stressed that the company provides developers with tools to help them create useful or innovative applications < p > Apple's huge influence in the application market has attracted more and more attention. This report is obviously a counterattack made by apple. In the United States, Europe and elsewhere, legislators and regulators are cracking down on antitrust practices by technology giants. Some of these allegations include favoring their own services, or technology giants use their own market power to support their own applications on the platforms they own or operate < p > US lawmakers are considering passing a bill that may end the practice of these giants in the United States. The European Union is also reviewing Apple's competitive behavior and enacting legislation to force apple to allow users to load apps outside the app store. These moves could reduce Apple's role as a "gatekeeper" on its platform and may limit its ability to collect commissions from developers. (small) < / P > < p >