App Developers Can Now Sign Up for Consultations on Complicated EU App Ecosystem Changes

[Abazigal]

If that’s the rules of the EU, they need to stick if they want access to that market. Such a comment can only come from a topical American where the politics don’t give af about consumer rights

@kiv.atso Oh sure. I forgot how expensive Usb C cables are…

Well, the rules don’t exactly come out and tell Apple explicitly what they have to do, so it appears that Apple has a fair bit of wriggle room in terms of deciding how they wish to go about it. I don’t know why everyone here assumes that Apple has to do so in a manner that is the most disadvantageous to themselves and that there is no other interpretation possible.

 

[I7guy]

It’s complicated because of you Apple! We should make it clear.

It’s complicated well because the DMA.

 

[amartinez1660]

I would too, if I ran an App Store and were told to stop collecting 30% from developers for no reason other than "just because". Do you expect me to just roll over and capitulate without a fight?

The DMA is really not a good piece of legislation, and I don't think it should be justified or normalised. Apple must not only allow EU competitors to leverage the iOS platform for free, but also ensure that competitors don’t act in bad faith to harm Apple users (because that would affect a key selling point of Apple products). It's ridiculous.

The DMA should be called out for what it is - an attempt by EU officials to slow down a handful of U.S. companies in order to give homegrown companies a heads-up. It's really just protectionism by another name.

It is exactly that, the thresholds regarding what constitutes a gatekeeper or a monopoly are carefully put in such a way to target catch in the biggest US companies.

DMA style requests have caught before the likes of Microsoft where they were forced to remove media player capabilities on Windows to comply with X or Y requests.
Or how security measures (i.e side loading turned off) cannot be the default setting… we all know that a device is secure if it starts as secure by default.

I didn’t come up with that, source, great read: https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/215-building-under-regulation

But anyways, it is what it is, the advocates here do fight tooth and nail about how DMA are these angels that just have the consumer’s best interest in mind and nothing else.
Can’t do nothing about it, just wish them and hope them to continue to get exactly what they wish for times 10. “But why a MacBook Air is €2000 when it’s $800 in the US, where are the deals! It’s Apple’s fault!”

 

[amartinez1660]

If that’s the rules of the EU, they need to stick if they want access to that market. Such a comment can only come from a topical American where the politics don’t give af about consumer rights

@kiv.atso Oh sure. I forgot how expensive Usb C cables are…🤦🏻‍♂️

Yeah right, I’m convinced the people behind DMA are all about what’s best for consumers and nothing else… because humanity has a great track record in all things politics on that front.

If you have spare minutes, do entertain the link in my post before.
For example, as per DMA, forcing the more secure toggle to not be the default is completely not in favor of consumers.