So for Apple to be "compatible" with european rulling they would have to support German language on the same level as Estonian or Greek which is hard to do at AI level bc you either need new models with data from that language (impossible) or you need a huge model with no specific language which will work for every language on Earth.
Interesting, but I don't understand how this works because it then seems like Apple wouldn't be able to operate in the E.U. because wouldn't they have to support all E.U. member main languages at the same level as they support English? I can't imagine that happens. I take it you mean just A.I. features would have to support those languages equally?
For now Apple in EU is seen like (don't want to call it a racist but it is close) brand which says something like: we will support California and New Yourk and Texas but not Nebraska and Montana bc the US government is pushing US to do so, probably you would agree that it sound funny at least.
Very strange; Apple doesn't care about the color of your skin, only your currency.
And in the U.S., quite a number of goods and services are much harder to access in rural locales vs. large urban ones (I'm old enough to remember America before online shopping, and I spent most of my childhood in a really rural area). What drives this is practical, not racism or other bias. In Montana you probably won't be catching a subway train...but I suspect land is often a lot cheaper.
It will never cease to amaze me how a clientele that insists they buy Apple products because they value privacy -- and I assume by extension the ability to have a say in how their personal data is collected, used, shared and whatnot -- continues to take such offence with the fact that that websites have to get their consent for collecting data that isn't necessary to run the provided service.
While valuing privacy is a nice plus, I don't think privacy concerns specifically drive most Mac and iOS device sales.
Most people wouldn't care to deal with a site they wouldn't trust cookies from, don't know what said cookies really do, the site says it may not work fully without cookies, and so...people click 'Accept All' with hardly any benefit from this function.
For many users, it adds hassle and no benefit.
Exactly. It's not a monopoly, it's abuse of power. They deliberately withhold platform features to bork competition and strengthen their own position. People say that European companies cannot innovate but how can they when core APIs are withheld from their use?
The ADF will come out and say that it's Apple's platform and that they can do what they like. But when it's at the detriment of consumer choice it's a big problem.
I'm guessing they can innovate on Android and Windows? And it seems like their selective innovation would bolster those platforms and give them a serious competitive advantage.
It would be easier to accept the E.U.'s ire toward Apple's 'walled garden' ecosystem approach if Android and Windows didn't offer obvious pretty open platform alternatives.
Apple's approach lets them offer a level of integration and 'slick' operation, and capitalize on that investment to profit. In a sense, the Apple and Android/Windows platforms offer users the best of both worlds....a choice between open and walled platforms, each with its own pro.s and con.s.
People will quote the games industry but show an ignorance as to how that market works. Nintendo might make the best games on their own platforms but they only do so because they are the best company. No APIs or dev tools are withheld from 3rd parties. If they were nobody would build any games for the Switch. But they might for PlayStation. Or Xbox. Or SteamOS. Or PC. Or mobile. Or the flipping Playdate because in that market a small company can release a piece of hardware and succeed.
Then 3rd parties will selectively bolster Android and Windows platforms.
If I understand correctly, you can't buy and download Nintendo Switch games from 3rd party websites; they have to come from Nintendo's own site. I don't think Nintendo is considered a highly open platform. They may have a different approach to a 'walled' ecosystem, but they like their cut of the action.
Also, the reason why tech forums, including Apple users are expressing more discontent is, in my opinion, because of the American tech sector having too much power and influence over societies across the entire world.
One could argue the reverse is true, but going with your argument, why is that? China came out with social media alternative platforms (of course, an autocratic government banning foreign competition in a country with a huge population and technical expertise has some advantages that way).
So why aren't we seeing more E.U. tech sector platforms hitting the big leagues?
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