Apple Criticizes U.S. Antitrust Bill That Targets the App Store

[Samplasion]

The needs or wants of the few superseding the wants of the many is exactly the hallmark of a terrible government.

Careful, it almost sounds like you'd be all in for socialism. Luckily, the US is leading the way, with laws that mainly benefit the rich, at the detriment of the middle class...

 

[spazzcat]

If a simple API exposure is "throwing the baby out with the bathwater", one has to wonder how dense and sticky the bathwater really is (remember the API is already there due to EU regulations)

Apple forked iOS/iPadOS. They are not save versions anymore. Apple most likely picks and chooses which feature to back port intn the EU version of the OS.

 

[Samplasion]

Apple forked iOS/iPadOS. They are not save versions anymore. Apple most likely picks and chooses which feature to back port intn the EU version of the OS.

Yes, the device variants have been forked 6 releases ago, almost 7. That has little to do with regional features, though? When you install an update, you get served the same file whether you're in the US, in the EU, or anywhere else. Which makes your last sentence incorrect and a non sequitur

 

[I7guy]

Careful, it almost sounds like you'd be all in for socialism. Luckily, the US is leading the way, with laws that mainly benefit the rich, at the detriment of the middle class...

The eu beat me to it as far as being all in for socialism. The above is a strawman anyway.

 

[JustSomebody12]

Obviously not who you’re talk responding to, but the extremely short version is: writing what ports devices have to use into law is extremely likely to freeze innovation.

No one is going to spend the money to develop a new port that can’t be used in Europe, so a new port never arises.

Given the EU previously wanted to mandate Micro-USB, in part because they said it was unlikely a better port would come out, many people think it’s incredibly shortsighted to assume usb-c couldn’t get better or smaller. And now it won’t.

I get your opinion and I think it may have a few upsides, but I don’t think it could truly block innovation (the law enables auxiliary solutions to be deployed alongside the usb-c receptacle, whether a port or not, such as is the case with macbooks and laptops which have often other ports, or even iPhones, which have the Qi charging system).

Admitted and not conceded that it would stifle innovation, I think the advantages outweigh the advantages.

I still appreciate this info exchange and wish you a good day