Hilarious indeed given that Dutch refers to the Netherlands and not Denmark.
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Apple's Fines in Dutch Antitrust Case Could Exceed €50 Million
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You can already do this by using a Mac, Xcode, and the source code for the application.
"Dating" apps is a polite term for legal prostitution, which the Netherlands does not want to share the revenue with Apple.
Apple the 30% pimp
Apple the 30% pimp
Is stop allowing dating apps at all in The Netherlands App Store a possible solution? Otherwise other categories of apps and other countries will foliow to milk the Apple cow…
So either you use Apple's in-app purchase system or do a lot of extra work and paper work to use an alternate payment system. The only real alternative is in-app purchase, since the monthly PITA book keeping ain't worth the hassle. No wonder ACM ain't amused.
Y'all know that Apple stuff already cost a lot more in Europe than it does in 'Merica, right? Jack up the price any more and you'll be seeing a lot of people buying iPhones in the US and sending them to friends in Europe. My wife's cousin in Old Country wants us to buy them the latest iPad and ship it to them. It's 30% cheaper than buying directly from Apple in Old Country.
As a FYI, 10 years ago the Netherlands sex industry was 5% of their GNP. The numbers of employed exceeded 25,000. Then Covid 19 hit and of course this industry suffered. The 30% store cut is likely seen as harmful to its recovery from the pandemic, and impacting revenue that Netherlands collects. IMHO they don't need dating apps whatsoever, just use the web and leave apple out of it.
I don't know about you and I can only speak about myself. I don't care one way or other if I can't buy iPhone anymore if such regulations comes through.
I am not going to vote againest someone because I can't buy iPhone. What a big deal.
Seriously, with war returning to Europe and a resolution far from clear, my guess is voter's concern over the function of their smartphones ranks about 47th on their list of priorities.
If Apple keeps acting like a petulant child, it might be time to ramp this up.
Add a couple zeros and they'll start to "care"
I agree, but obviously this legislation is important to the EU lawmakers. However, the posters in this thread seemingly care about the function of their smartphones and have opinions as to the veracity of this legislation.
That would be hilarious — Apple stopping operations in Denmark for what the Netherlands did. Super hilarious!
Dutch = the Netherlands, not Denmark (Denmark = Danish). Not only that, but currency of Denmark is the krone, not the euro (these fines are in euros).
Super hilarious!
That's fine if people here care, but to act like it will be at the forefront of more than a negligible number of voter's minds is laughable.
No actually because Apple is trying to get as close as possible to the line without going over it. Unfortunately, much like the miscalculation of another powerful figure in the world, Cook's judgement of where the line is at is clearly off the mark. Of course we'll see Apple try to comply again, perhaps hitting the mark next time. If Apple didn't mind the fines, they wouldn't even be trying.No, if they cared, they would be trying and succeeding to comply.
Right, if I were Apple I’d ban these apps as they encourage pornography/prostitution/sex trafficking and are against App Store guidelines. Can’t see the Dutch government supporting apps that have that connotation
Nah, they’ll never hit the mark. Their “tries” are mere theater so that if they’re called to task, they can say they tried but it’s toooooooo difficult.
And, as none of the regulators have any technical skill whatsoever, it’s not like they even have the ability to build a proof of concept to prove them wrong!
To what end? Saying they tried when apparently, according to you at least, it's so obvious they're not really trying, isn't going to stop the fines. So what's the point in their "theater."Nah, they’ll never hit the mark. Their “tries” are mere theater so that if they’re called to task, they can say they tried but it’s toooooooo difficult.
No, imo, they are trying to see what the line is, so they don't have multiple versions of the app store with multiple regulations and functionality across countries. Cook is guiding apple to do what it needs to do so the ios ecosystem as destroyed as it will be, won't be fractured.
Countries have the right and the responsibility to create regulations that their constituents want.
That's kind of the same thing I said. Cook is trying to find the line. The only difference is that my reasoning for Apple trying to get right up to the line is because $$$. For you, it's Cook trying to not fracture iOS. Of course they could adopt the same changes everywhere that the Netherlands is forcing on them so as to not fracture iOS, but of course that conflicts with maximum $$$. So we're saying the same thing, but you take an extra step to get there.
Lots of people (here) thought ACM would stop at $50 Million, I smiled, they (ACM) are not stupid.
In earlier comments I already said a few things, like the ACM will give even bigger fines, it's also called contempt, something which is handled accordingly here...as in...bigger fines.
In earlier comments I already said a few things, like the ACM will give even bigger fines, it's also called contempt, something which is handled accordingly here...as in...bigger fines.