Yeah because side loading and USB C have totally helped Google avoid anti-trust issues in the EU. *eyeroll*
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Apple to Let EU Users Set New Defaults for Multiple Apps, Delete App Store, Photos, Messages and More
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I didn't used to think the way I do now. I used to think that Apple had the right to dictate much about iPhones.
But over the last few years, I've steadily become more and more annoyed at their actions and attitude, which I believe are against their own best interests.
They're annoying developers.
They're acting like parents in telling us customers what we can and cannot do.
They're putting up prices and offering less for that money due to a lack of competition.
They're sitting on their laurels, milking the cash cow.
They rely on lawyers instead of doing the right thing.
They don't play well with third parties and expect them to be the ones to compromise.
They've got too comfortable.
You can see the effects of this beginning with the disastrous Vision Pro. Expensive and not enough use for it.
They need a damn good kick up the backside and if the EU are the ones to do it, I'm all for it.
I want the cool, inventive, clever, cool Apple back, urgently!
But over the last few years, I've steadily become more and more annoyed at their actions and attitude, which I believe are against their own best interests.
They're annoying developers.
They're acting like parents in telling us customers what we can and cannot do.
They're putting up prices and offering less for that money due to a lack of competition.
They're sitting on their laurels, milking the cash cow.
They rely on lawyers instead of doing the right thing.
They don't play well with third parties and expect them to be the ones to compromise.
They've got too comfortable.
You can see the effects of this beginning with the disastrous Vision Pro. Expensive and not enough use for it.
They need a damn good kick up the backside and if the EU are the ones to do it, I'm all for it.
I want the cool, inventive, clever, cool Apple back, urgently!
Why don’t you suggest that I move to the EU? That’s also totally a viable option.
You do understand that there are hundreds of alternative apps out there on Android, Windows and macOS, right?
I’d argue that the initiative was largely triggered by Apple’s reluctance to *checks notes* utilize a universal USB cable, install unapproved applications, and upgrade to RCS or open iMessage.
Yuck Hope this never comes to US. If you want this there were already options that treated the phone as a tiny computer. I want the phone to be an appliance with extensions. I dont need to manage a computer. Is the EU going to do this to the Switch? It only has one app store (oh the humanity).
It doesn't matter what the law says. In practice it is law fare between competing corporations who couldn't compete in the market so got the govt to do their dirty work. Thats it. The real competition is between Android and Apple and thats done. This doesn't change that aspect, all this does is help some corporations get some money from another corporation. People already had options. Oh ....and almost certainly lots of eurocrats and politicians got paid off.
The initiative was triggered by the EU being upset about not having any major consumer tech companies, because they don't realize their regulations are what stifles innovation in the EU.
Case in point, we're all stuck with USB-C now for all eternity because even though it was clear Apple was moving in that direction, they weren't moving fast enough for the EU, and now USB-C is mandated and it's not going to be worth developing a better alternative. Thank god they at least waited until after micro-usb went away.
MacRumors users yesterday: wtf passwords stored in plaintext in 2024? These execs should be jailed, not fined.
MacRumors users today: yay! I can finally set WhatsApp (i.e. Facebook) as my default app for phone calls and messages. What can possibly go wrong?! 😂
MacRumors users today: yay! I can finally set WhatsApp (i.e. Facebook) as my default app for phone calls and messages. What can possibly go wrong?! 😂
Most likely it's just going to delete the Photo's "App" but all APIs will still remain on the system.
Wait a minute ... I need to sit down
So you're saying I could buy a little handheld computer and do whatever I want with it?
Like I'd buy it ... and actually own it?
whoa...
Mind...Blown...
Wait!
So Microsoft should lose $200 per Xbox sold so that I can install Nintendo's Switch software to play Mario Kart + dual boot into Ubuntu and Microsoft will never be able to recoup costs?
Amazing.
You are on a forum saying a TRILLION DOLLAR company is "doing it wrong". Thats nuts. Bonkers. Crazytalk. They have people making millions talking about these tradeoffs with teams of people dedicated to researching it. And they kept the course they were most certain would make them the most money.
This will make near zero difference in apples iPhone sales because assuming apple was correct they already know only a tiny minority of weirdos care about any of this stuff being added to their phones and side loading. Who cared was other corporations pushing eurocrats. Apple was already giving their customers what they wanted.
I don't know. Friends? Family? Strangers on the internet? But they seem hell bent on turning iOS into Android; seems like it would be a lot easier to just buy a Pixel phone that already had all of these features than force Apple to change how the iPhone and iOS has operated for over 15 years.
As EU user I don’t care. Won’t change a single app.
But what if you want it more deeply ingrained? The fact you think it shouldn't is just irrelevant to how apple wants it to be for a better experience. I really wish they would fork the OS for a garbage EU version and the rest of us can have the deepest most amazing integration ever.
JIT is allowed for browsers in the EU:
How about EU could just chill a bit so Apple could focus their smart engineers on solving real issues.
And I even say this as a European citizen.
I'm so fed up with large companies not allowed to innovate anymore because regulators wants them to be busy with stuff like this.
And I even say this as a European citizen.
I'm so fed up with large companies not allowed to innovate anymore because regulators wants them to be busy with stuff like this.
Microsoft sets the price of the xbox
If they priced it a number that makes them money on what's actually being sold (hardware) and nobody buys it..
Guess what..
They don't have a viable product
That's...exactly how this is supposed to work
A successful product can not and should not come from "forced bundling"
(the only reason console makers get away with any of this is the product category and how non-essential it is compared to what smartphones have become)
"They don't have a viable product"Microsoft sets the price of the xbox
If they priced it a number that makes them money on what's actually being sold (hardware) and nobody buys it..
Guess what..
They don't have a viable product
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The intention is to screw companies out of all of their hard work so EU companies can come in and profit for free.
No, it's not. That's just a fantasy you're created to justify your argument. Much like your fantasy that copyright law doesn't exist.Microsoft sets the price of the xbox
If they priced it a number that makes them money on what's actually being sold (hardware) and nobody buys it..
Guess what..
They don't have a viable product
That's...exactly how this is supposed to work
This situation is of Apple's own making through their behavior
Your ire at the lack of innovation should be directed at Apple, not any other entity
It’s written to reduce the profits of companies they’ve defined as Gatekeepers. Vestager has gotten VERY loose with her statements towards the end of her term.