it’s not something hindering innovation like AI.
It’s not a hindrance to the technology, a hindrance to what a company is allowed to do with it. Not too many years ago, the EU told Apple the rules they have in place for the App Store and all that was fine. Apple implemented the App Store in the EU
according to the EU’s requirements and everything was fine. No one could have expected that the EU would come back and say “That thing we explicitly approved? Not approved anymore, now there’s a whole new thing!’
So, companies accustomed to the EU sticking to their business agreements are, expectedly, shy about exposing themselves to more fees simply by having a feature available in the EU. It makes sense that they allow the EU define “what’s going to be ok not just for now, but into the future” before recklessly releasing features into the region.
I saw an image the other day, though, imploring folks in the EU to use EU derived solutions (with a list of those solutions). Then, they wouldn’t have to worry about any American App Store.
Apple wouldn’t have done it without the EU. No chance!
Apple helped CREATE USB-C and, in 2012, said that Lightning would be the connector for a decade. Don’t see why anyone was surprised that USB-C on the iPhone came out in… 2023. When was the EU’s deadline? End of 2024.
Even by the time they passed the legislation in 2022, due to the lead time required for ANY iPhone to be released, Apple was already designing the SoC that would implement the feature that
they helped to design and were one of the first to put on devices. By the time 2024 came around the tech world had already moved to USB-C, the EU was just closing the door behind them. The EU brought about the “success” of alternate App Stores. They had nothing to do with the implementation of RCS OR USB-C (other than to change their minds from microUSB to USB-C).