Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has always been about pushing its own family of products. If you use an iPhone, for example, then the company's mail, music, and browser apps are defaults. You can use third-party apps, but they're generally harder to access than Apple's own family of apps. Now, the company is considering letting its users change the default apps on their Apple devices, Bloomberg reported. That may change as the company may let users change the defaults as a way to fend off attention from regulators. Apple is considering allowing users to change default apps on its devices. Image source: Apple. What is Apple considering? The mail, music, and Safari browser buttons are hardwired into the iPhone. Users can change their position in the phone's fixed bottom navigation but you can't swap out the Apple services for ones offered by its rivals. That's offputting to consumers who prefer to use rival services. It also brings attention to Apple from regulators who wonder if Apple might be giving itself too big of an advantage. The company is also considering allowing third-party music players (like rival Spotify) on its devices including the Homepod. That could increase Apple's appeal among people loyal to services they could not previously access easily (or in a few cases, at all) on Apple's closed system. Is this a smart move? By allowing customers to set their own defaults Apple would be increasing customer satisfaction and opening up its products to users who previously chose not to use them. It would also deflect attention from regulators and probably at very little cost to the company since many users would simply leve the defaults at factory settings. 10 stocks we like better than AppleWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and Apple wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of December 1, 2019 Daniel B. Kline owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Apple and Spotify Technology. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source