A strange bug observed on iOS leads to the forced appearance of the icon Apple Music in the dock of iPhone concerned, and this immediately after the download of the music application of Apple. Normally, the latter is supposed to appear on the device’s home screen and then be moved elsewhere if the user wishes. In this case, the application installs itself in the Dock, even if it means dislodging another application if the four slots are already occupied.
This bug also leads, for some users, to automatically designate Apple Music as the default music streaming platform for Siri requests … even if Spotify had been previously configured, notes TechCrunch. It is unknown at this point how widespread this bizarre behavior of Apple Music is. Contacted by TechCrunch, Apple said it was aware of the bug and is trying to understand it. A patch should therefore be released soon to correct it.
Apple probably has little to do with it
The boss of Epic Games, in a lawsuit with Apple over Fortnite’s in-app payments, shared this week a tweet about this bug.
Taking up a similar testimony dated 2019, the interested party explains that he observed the same abnormal behavior of Apple Music on iOS 15.4.1.
According to him, Apple would have voluntarily made changes to the operating system of its iPhones to push forward its own streaming music platform … and force its appearance in the Dock. A partisan tweet. If Apple is indeed known to put as much as possible its services in front, the firm encourages their use in a more subtle way.
Seems like if you download the Apple Music app from App Store, it will automatically appear on your device (iPhone) dock, more than this, it will change any other 3d party app with the Music app. If on your dock, you only have Apple apps it won’t do anything.
– Kevin Archer (@IM_Kevin_Archer) May 5, 2022
If we don’t know the origin of the problem, it would be surprising if it was actually an automatic system of highlighting Apple Music, designed and implemented by Apple for iOS. As TechCrunch points out, Apple Music replaces all kinds of applications in the Dock, without discrimination: whether they come from third-party publishers or directly from Apple.
Some users have noticed, for example, that the Apple Music icon has taken the place of Safari at the bottom of the screen. It’s hard to see what concrete benefit Apple could really gain from such an intrusive feature. As it stands, and with all due respect to Tim Sweeney, the bug is clearly to be preferred.
