Well, in this instance, there has been no decisions by any court that determined iOS or Android are guilty of anything. This commission just went ahead and came up with a set of rules to destroy iOS.
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EU Approves Landmark Legislation to Regulate Apple and Other Big Tech Firms
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Well, in this instance, there has been no decisions by any court that determined iOS or Android are guilty of anything. This commission just went ahead and came up with a set of rules to destroy iOS.
Once these regulations are put into effect... we're still gonna be stuck with two "dominant" mobile platforms.
I don't think we will ever see a third platform again... either a new contender altogether... or players like Palm or Blackberry rising from the ashes.
And if some developers feel cheated by high commission fees... I hope for their sake they don't experience rampant piracy. It's better to get 70% of something than 0% of nothing.
And I also hope that encryption isn't compromised either with the whole messaging thing. It's one thing when a single company handles encryption end to end.
But it's another thing when any ol' jagoff can write a messaging app and demand that they have "equal access because of app fairness"
That whole language about "access to secure elements" is kinda terrifying too.
I'm trusting you couple of members in here that it will be alright.
I don't think we will ever see a third platform again... either a new contender altogether... or players like Palm or Blackberry rising from the ashes.
And if some developers feel cheated by high commission fees... I hope for their sake they don't experience rampant piracy. It's better to get 70% of something than 0% of nothing.
And I also hope that encryption isn't compromised either with the whole messaging thing. It's one thing when a single company handles encryption end to end.
But it's another thing when any ol' jagoff can write a messaging app and demand that they have "equal access because of app fairness"
That whole language about "access to secure elements" is kinda terrifying too.
I'm trusting you couple of members in here that it will be alright.
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I almost feel that it might be better to amputate the legs and save the life than leaving the legs intact to infect the rest of the body...
Thank you EU for allowing hackers of the world to find it easier to hack and own our phones as they have no clue whatsoever about tech or security.
Not that simple, this makes it inevitable that ALL iPhones will be hacked and owned by criminals wether we side load or not!
I wonder if the following can allow Apple to circumvent this insanity:
- Do not "sell" iPhones in the EU.
- Only offer them for "lease".
- Since the customers don't "own" the product, Apple can only dictate what the customers can do to their "leased" devices.
That is not how it works, so yes it will mean opening up and weakening encryption!
It will be! It will lead to an almighty mess in which the EU will complain and blame Apple for the mess the EU created!
Why do people still believe or support any politician no matter what country they come from?
They are all self serving evil clueless ****ers!
There is nothing good about this move apart from the EU using this as a cash grab!
The idea is to weaken security and privacy on the iPhone. I promise you all wether you like it or not that if this dumb move goes ahead then it will result in the world's criminals and hackers having a party and thinking all their Christmas's have come early.
I have known the EU do some dumb **** but this takes the biscuit!
They make Trump look like Einstein!
Actually it is dumb and stupid! What's wrong with you using WhatsApp to read WhatsApp messages? Are you THAT lazy or something?
There is a reason people with functioning brains tend not to want one single app that contains all their bank accounts and credit card details....I wonder what it could be 🤔!
it WILL WILL WILL I repeat WILL be a total giant awful mess! I can see the security mess from here!
I am not the smartest around but when it comes down to seeing the loopholes in systems I am extremely good at it!
I can then tell you that I can see multiple ways that criminals and hackers will use to absolutely wreck havoc on unsuspecting users!
Dumb dumb dumb move EU!
People will prefer Apple Pay, sure, but if you don't think companies will take advantage of new opportunities to block it, you're crazy. Why wouldn't companies take advantage of a new opportunity?
How? How can they require something if side-loading and full hardware access are required? By asking nicely? You use the word "require" when there's no basis for it. Apple will have no ability to require anything.
It's not about restricting iMessage to Apple devices. It's about forcing me to accept Facebook or Snapchat messages when, right now, I can prevent that by not installing those apps. That choice will be removed from me, the consumer.
Yes, and those regulators and courts are free to be entirely arbitrary in their determination of a “dominant” company, as they have in this case. For these most recent regulations, they’ve defined “being successful” as “engaging in anticompetitive behavior”. Which, yes, sometimes those two things go together. But sometimes, companies just make a thing that people want to buy or use, limitations, costs, lack of features and all, because they just prefer it.
Anticompetitive used to mean, say, telling developers if they develop for you they CAN’T develop for anyone else, OR buying out other smartphone makers and ceasing their operations, OR working with carriers in order to freeze out any phones that might be competition. You know, actually taking steps to be anti-competitive. “Anti-competitive” now is simply “being good at what you do to to the point where customers would prefer you”.
Because it forces Apple to behave exactly as Android which means a user has to choose between open and weak security with zero privacy or open and weak security with zero privacy....so in other words, no choice!
Because plenty of people in the EU will get hurt by this and maybe YOU do not care for anyone but yourself but plenty of us outside the EU care about other people.
So I wish EU people would stop complaining and demanding that we all bow down to them and their facist narrative!
Developers are locked out of using Android phones to create pay alternatives by Apple? If that was the case that would TRULY be anti-competitive… if Apple was, in some way, in direct control of what developers could do on Android phones. Of course, if that were the case, maybe Apple would have a greater percentage of the market in the EU. As it is, they’re far less than 50% of the phones.
And, as a result, must be stopped?