Although not true in reality, it reminds me of this;
DOS isn’t done until Lotus won’t run.
DOS isn’t done until Lotus won’t run.
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Apple Gets EU Warning to Open iOS to Third-Party Connected Devices
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What conspiracy theories? Huawei didn't get banned in the US for no reason.
How would you like some government to handout your lifetime work to others so they could benefit from it for free and at the same time negatively affect your business?
"Apple and their Cartel"... now that's a conspiracy theory... Nobody is forcing you to buy from Apple. If you don't like it, go Android and stay there. The fact that you don't like Apple doesn't give you the right to throw rocks to Apple and their users.
People forgot the days of Windows vs Linux. It was a clean competition, without trying dirty moves.
We are living in a crybaby/tree-hugger/save-the-cows generation.
Creating an API for 3rd party products to have access to core functions such as notifications, read/write to health data and controlling the phone like answering calls, volume up/down or chime the phone/watch/speaker etc?
why not?
why not?
If any of you came to Brussels and met some of the people (bureaucrats) concerned you'd understand immediately the problem. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they are starting to realise it themselves but the report on European Competitiveness delivered to them by Mario Draghi last week (written by academics from all over Europe) makes for sad reading. Seems to me they are entering a doom-spiral. Vestager is about to be replaced any second so we'll see if that changes anything.
commission.europa.eu
The Draghi report on EU competitiveness
Read Mario Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness, which lays out clear recommendations on how Europe can boost its economic growth.
...I mean one of the reasons Huawei got banned absolutely has to do with the US protectionist policy.
This "lifetime work to others" argument is absolute nonsense. You're comparing a single individual to a conglomerate, and said conglomerate has far more influence over society than me or you, so it should be subjected to different regulations.
I don't see how comparing Apple to a cartel is that farfetched. They're doing anti-competitive tactics and forcing people to work overtime in 3rd world countries lol.
I'm not throwing a rock at Apple's users. Maybe you shouldn't take this at heart lol
I understand the argument very well, I even understand how weak the argument is.
But iOS already does that.
I commented before but Fitbit can answer calls on the watch, and receive notifications from iOS.
Thinking about it more, it can also tap into the Google Maps and YouTube Music apps, so there's also some app data access.
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And that would be great in a Marxist economy. But doesn't work in a market economy.
Apple. They want Apple. Well Apple's money to be more precise. Any regulation they can come up with to fine them achieves that goal.
Yeah except you can't apply this logic when everyone has a smartphone and it's so present in our lives.
"Free Market" means everybody has the right to participate in the market "race", regardless of how big or small you are.
This does not mean that the big guys need to hold your hand and/or carry you along the way, or let you drink from their water bottle.
If you want to enter the market race, you need to be ready and bring your own gear.
The fact that some are stronger and run faster than others do not disqualify them from the race.
Imagine a race where the 'judges' put obstacles in front of the best runners so the less capable runners could keep up with the pace.
So, you admit that the goal here is for the EU to run Apple's business?
"Let's Nationalize Apple! To the barricades!"
The tech market should not be free. It should be treated as a special case, since it has so much influence over society.
There are many APIs open to 3rd party products already.
But forcing Apple to open all their technology to 3rd Parties is ridiculous because these leeches didn't fund it, didn't work for it, didn't developed it and didn't maintained it.
And you are blaming Apple for the $*tty behavior of idiots? I say idiots because there are much more expensive phones than iPhone from Samsung and Huawei. And thanks to carriers competing for customers, you can even get free iPhones.
If you want to blame Apple, which does nothing to present itself as a snobbish brand only for the wealthy, then maybe you should sic the EU on LVMH. (Of course that won't happen since LVMH is in the EU.)
Apple is not an oligopoly. A single company cannot be an oligopoly. Maybe you should look up the definition. Then notice that there are many companies competing in the smartphone market from all over the world. Also notice that it is still an evolving market with new entrants.
Apple is a minor player in the EU cell-phone market. Weakening it will only serve to strengthen the Google-Android hegemony.
Who plugs their phone into a wire in 2024? Far as I'm concerned Apple could get rid of that hole in the chassis entirely - Call it "improved waterproofing".
May be Apple needs to pay up. If EU is serious, they need to investigate how much campaign donations and money these law makers receive from Google or other EU companies that benefit from this shakedown. I bet if Apple can grease the palms, all this will cool down. At this point it looks like a shakedown/extortion.
At least you're being more honest in your approach than many on this thread. You want to nationalize Apple in the EU, make it a public utility. Got it.