Apple has called for the European Commission to repeal a swathe of technology legislation, warning that unless it is amended the company could stop shipping some products and services to the 27-country bloc.
The Silicon Valley company hit out in a submission to the commission’s review of the three-year-old anti-monopoly legislation, which is intended to regulate the gatekeeper power of the largest digital companies including search engines, app providers and messaging services.
It said it had already delayed the launch of features such as live translation through AirPods and mirroring iPhone screens on to laptop because of the act’s demands for interoperability with non-Apple products and services.
“The DMA means the list of delayed features in the EU will probably get longer, and our EU users’ experience on Apple products will fall further behind,” it said. Apple added that Brussels was creating unfair competition as the rules were not applied to Samsung, the largest smartphone provider in the EU.
Do it stop shipping.
obvious bluff is obvious
Don’t threaten me with a good time Apple.
It’s just empty threats though. The EU market is bigger than America (considering population sizes only), there is no way they’d give up on that
Apple is such a piece of shit company.
Learn how to compete without behaving anti competitively or quit your fucking jobs. It’s not complicated.
Yep. Although that is the only way they’ve ever operated. They will never change without the force of law.
The problem is, and I’m pretty sure that’s the reason nothing will change, the problem is that people act like corporations have some kind of obligation to act morally. Then they are angry at apple, Microsoft, Monsanto and co.
Corporations are a fucking tool, that try to maximize profit not more, not less.
What everyone has forgotten is, that there should be people setting the rules and optimizing this tool for the best of the people. Instead we all accepted these neo liberal bullshit, where we allow corporations to influence the law. And, oh wonder, who would have thought, these fucking tools use their money and influence to maximize profit even though everyone but the stakeholder suffers from it.
Renewable energy is an example, how in the world can someone prefer burning coal or oil instead of letting the wind turn a fan? But because big oil companies have a way to big part in creating those laws, we fuck the planet until it’s too late and when it’s too late, everyone will blame the tool for it. Which won’t change a fucking thing.
Cool, stop shipping the walled garden shit then.
Apple wouldn’t stop. They need that money too much. Also, Europe is OK with going Huawei if Google and Apple keep up with their shit.
Europe is OK with going Huawei if Google and Apple keep up with their shit.
They should be OK with going Huawei and Xioami, but unfortunately they really want to remain America’s faithful dogs.
Am I misreading this or are their arguments all complete nonsense? From what I can see in the article they have:
- They have to allow third-party headphones, i.e. the anti-monopoly policy prevents a monopoly.
Among the requirements of the DMA is that Apple ensures that headphones made by other brands will work with iPhones. It said this has been a block on it releasing its live translation service in the EU as it allows rival companies to access data from conversations, creating a privacy problem.
- Other companies will “twist laws” to prevent competition, i.e. exactly what Apple is trying to do by removing regulation. I don’t see any way to interpret this other than an outright lie, anti-monopoly policies encourage competition.
Apple said that under the DMA, “instead of competing by innovating, already successful companies are twisting the law to suit their own agendas – to collect more data from EU citizens, or to get Apple’s technology for free”.
- Porn exists? I don’t even know what they’re trying to say with this one?
It said that rules under the act affected the way it provided users access to apps. “Pornography apps are available on iPhone from other marketplaces – apps we’ve never allowed on the App Store because of the risks they create, especially for children,” it said.
- This is actually a privacy problem. If any company can access the live feed, it opens up serious surveillance issues. Granted, we have to trust Apple won’t surveil…
- I agree
- This has more to do with content moderation than prudishness. If you’re being held accountable for what kids can access on your platform, you take a very draconian approach. Granted, no one is yelling at Dell for allowing Steam to install porn games…
Oh no! How will I ignore their products now?
I remember when apple used to reverse engineer microsoft software… :/
Yeah I’m sure Apple’s going to give up on half a billion potential customers. Sure.
I like my iPhone. It’s solid hardware and reasonably capable software. It does everything I need it to do, and gives me really solid control over API access to privacy-centric controls like location and microphone.
I still wouldn’t skip a beat to switch to another phone manufactured by another company (though I regret how much of a duopoly there is). The inconvenience is minor; Apple just needs to give me a shove and I’ll switch.
“If you don’t let us misbehave, we’re gonna cut off like a good 4th of our market share”
Hey Apple… Fuck you
They need us (our money). We dont even like them enough to not replace them the second they go away.
Knowing Apple, they’ll probably find a way to ‘comply’ that feels more like a loophole than a solution…
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