That's not true. People buy stuff all the time, even if they think the price isn't fair.
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It’s not being taken away and don’t use them ? it’s really that simple ?
Maybe you should stop assuming people don’t read, everyone here is perfectly well aware of your defense of Apple…..
Please avoid personal comments. I’m not defending Apple. I’m defending my own interests.
I assumed you ignored the second half of my post, because it directly addressed your response. It won’t be as simple as ignoring alternative app stores.
That's their fault then isn't it if they are purchasing things for a price they don't agree with! I've never heard such nonsense.
Lol, that's easily fixable. Just add a slot for one extra stick of ram. Immediate compliance. There are zero technological reasons that they can't include this
and as with every Samsung TV or other stuff, they include advertisement and show cheaper prices for all kinds of things not connected to the store you bought it in without giving a single extra cent to the store.
It's not a moving target, and apple doesn't need to know exactly what to do. This is standard everywhere in the EU.
Eu makes regulation, the industry is free to interpret those according to the requirements that must be fulfilled.
Eu makes laws, they then allows every member state to interpret how these requirements and goals should be written as local laws according to local circumstances.
EU tells you what needs to happen, and you use your own knowledge and point of view to construct the method you think is best.
If you disagree, then you can vote against the bill or bring it to the EU court to interpret the points you disagree with.
Eu isn't America where the big government points with their hand and tells you how everything should be done. That's for local governments and industries to fill out the details according to their unique situation. This is personal freedom and responsibility. Independent autonomy
It's Not an option. Android can't use iMessage, iCloud, Apple Watch, face ID, pages etc.
So if I just want one extra choice, i should discard everything else and use android as a choice...
Some app purchases can be necessary, it really just depends on the person. For instance, if you are a foreigner who doesn't know language very well, you might consider paying for an ad-free translator as necessary because it helps you survive in your daily life. You would have to pay another 30% due to the Apple tax.
To make it easy for you people to conceptualize it.
People living in California(apple) can only purchase their goods from the Apple Store with only apple approved goods with a mandatory 30% cut on every sale. Want to use the college to find friends? Must live in California, eat their food, work, build a house, provide services etc. you must always live there or be prevented from using anything.
If anyone complains, you just tell them to go to Texas instead(android) where they can go to any store they want and enjoy freedom. Some stores take 30% other take 5%. Some even open up their own Mom n Pop shops and do everything independently, But apple do not allow a single Apple Store to exist in Texas
Demanding you move to another state instead of trying to improve the place you currently occupy is not justified.
Demanding more freedom is completely justified, and anyone who still wants to purchase from only Apple stores are free to do so, apple will just be forced to compete more.
Eu have zero interest for a blank device, they just want a people to have the freedom to change things and competition on equal terms. want to replace safari with real Firefox? Why not. Replace Apple Maps with Google Maps? Why not. Use signal or messenger as the standard app for messages and receive SMS as well? Why not. Allow apps to be installed from outside the store? why not just allow people the ability to choose some parts according to their needs that might change donw the line.
no, but some dealerships can sell both Honda and Toyota at the same time next to each other and provide services to both in the same building.
Yes, you can, we have multiple dealerships selling brand-new cars from multiple vendors.
A few days ago, I bought a completely new KIA E6 with multiple different brands available
all these cars are brand new
Yes, even mixed up with Lotus, Mercedes, and notice, this is an official by these manufacturers officially certified dealership. https://www.autohaussued.de/
We have many of such dealerships here in Germany, e.g Ford selling VW and vise versa, doesn’t matter if high or low budget cars, nothing new.
But did the government come in and force all Ford dealerships to sell Volkswagens?
Was there a new law that said ABC dealers must sell XYZ brand cars?
Though now that I think about it... I wish the government would make a new law that says McDonalds must sell Taco Bell food.
There's a McDonalds about 2 minutes from my house... while the nearest Taco Bell is about 15 minutes away with tons of traffic.
EU don’t care about these companies, they care about the issue they brought up. Does it have merit? Then this is an issue for other companies as well. And whatever ruling happens in the Netherlands will have no impact on EU. But apples behavior shure does
Or they act like adults. Step by step is not the domain of government to decide
They need to 100% fulfill a set of requirements. How that happens is up to apple to figure out and ACM to then control.
yes this exist as well
No, but the dealership can sell a service or equipment etc to Ferrari and Ford in the same building alongside the cars. The car manufacturers can’t mandate only their services and equipment is sold in stores with only their cars.
Nope, they prevented them from mandating dealerships not to sell competing car brands
It said abc dealers are free to sell any brand of car and can’t be prevented from doing so.
this shows the misunderstanding you might have.
McDonald’s can’t prevent burger-king from selling McDonald produced burgers, but McDonald’s doesn’t need to sell them to Burger King. That’s the important part.There's a McDonalds about 2 minutes from my house... while the nearest Taco Bell is about 15 minutes away with tons of traffic.
must be a UK thing. Doesn’t exist in the US where competing models are sold side by side by the same salesperson under the same floor space. Which I doubt exists in the UK as well. Dealerships selling multiple brands, sure. Not side by side.
Yes side by side and can be sold by the same person in EU
Why is this such a strange thing? It’s no difference from Telenot, ATnT, 3 or Verizon selling both iPhone 13 pro, Samsung galaxy s15 and google pixel next to each other sold to you by the same sales person. Including any compatible accessory made by the manufacturer and 3d party provider right next to each other
In the same room.
And this cars as wel.
Is this not allowed in US?
It's allowed in the USA. You can have multiple models on the same floor with the same salesperson selling all models.
Exceptions exist, i.e. new car dealers (who contract with one company and can only sell what is stated in their contract).