You do not have to defend the dma all of the time.
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EU Consumer Group Summarizes How Apple Fails to Comply With DMA
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You can continue using Apple apps.
Other users who prefer alternative apps can now set them as defaults.
For the browser, you already had a choice, and for anyone who choses Safari, they have to make that choice every time they get a new phone or major update. Remember when everyone was upset a year or two back at all of the "set up screens" you have to go through? Well the EU added another one for literally no good reason other than "we did it to Microsoft in the 90s, so guess we should do it here too".
The only things the browser choice screen does is confuse non-technical users and increase Chrome's market share when people just select the browser they've heard of before. (You'd be shocked how many iPhone users don't know Safari is called Safari).
Not really. To the rest of the world, it's Europe that looks pretty clueless. There will only be further reduction in available services to EU customers, as shown with Apple Intelligence. American firms are not required to do business in Europe...
You have to understand that the eu is a religion for many europeans. It can do no wrong.
Ignoring the negatives isn't a rebuttal.
Correct - and it is not the perfect regulation. The EU is certainly not the perfect regulatory body, either. However, any pressure on Apple that benefits the consumer I am all for.
At least they have the influence, force and courage to call out Apple and other companies on their practices which are detrimental to the consumer.
"Please accept these cookies" popup x 100 times a day.
wow, consumers are so happy with this EU decision.
Even if it's entirely Apple's choice, they did so because of the DMA and the upcoming AI regulations. So absolutely 1000% EU's fault.
Also I am free to choose? Nope. If a developer of an App I need leaves the App Store I don't have a choice. That has been my issue from the start of this stupid regulation.
I dislike being bombarded wit popup windows when as I setup a new device as anyone (and as a side note Apple themselves have made it worse in the past few years).
But on the other hand, if the target is to genuinely put every browser be on a level playing field in terms of access to users, it is either the choice screen and auto-download of the selectee browser, or you force the manufacturer to ship devices with no browser pre-installed at all and let user manually install the one they want.
They're not intentionally gatekeeping features to cause outrage, they're gatekeeping them because it is incredibly unclear whether those features are kosher under the DMA or not.
Governments are the biggest corporations and monopolies of all.
Don't disagree with anything you're saying. I just fundamentally disagree that the default browser choice is something a government should be concerning itself with on a platform that has less than 30% market share.
I personally love that there are organisations out there dedicated to protecting consumers. That there are regulators out there that are actually willing to act on those concerns is even better.
The complaints about that on this forum are asinine.
The complaints about that on this forum are asinine.
Or buy gas for 90 cents per liter?
I do agree some big tech companies have too much market dominance and needs to be forced to open their platforms to some extend.
But at the same time it is very naive to make a blanket statement such as “politicians take decisions in the interest of the people / consumers”. Politicians are considering many other interests in their decisions, including their own interest.
The way to put pressure on Apple is to create better competitor products. Making happy Apple customers unhappy is not customer friendly.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, politicians take decisions in their own interests, they only want to make you think it is in the interest of the people. Just study what they say, versus what they do. And it been like this for decades. Oh, you're not decades old, then give it a couple of more decades and you'll understand.
careful there, subject, it sounds like you're considering complaining about the actions of your betters!
If you don't trust the store, then don't use the App. It is really pretty simple. You do have a choice. When enough people do this, the developer will get the hint and move to a more trustworthy store. It is pretty simple to someone that understands capitalism.
Except you can’t, because you can’t install an app from the AppStore if it’s not available in the AppStore.
Companies would have to be pretty stupid to remove their app from the AppStore and go only third-party, but I’m sure some have.
The DMA is a muddle of a mess.
And besides, I don't see why anyone should get free, unfettered access to the platform they didn't helo build. In digital marketplaces as well as analogue marketplaces, people have to pay their way.
I look forward to them enforcing the same law for the Kindle Store. I'll sell my books there for no fees.
And besides, I don't see why anyone should get free, unfettered access to the platform they didn't helo build. In digital marketplaces as well as analogue marketplaces, people have to pay their way.
I look forward to them enforcing the same law for the Kindle Store. I'll sell my books there for no fees.
You mean this, where users can uninstall Edge and Bing?
Microsoft implements DMA compliance measures - EU Policy Blog
Following the designation of Windows and LinkedIn under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), we have been diligently working to implement the DMA to ensure that we fulfill our obligations. Now that the compliance deadline has arrived, we are sharing the steps we’ve taken to comply
blogs.microsoft.com
Microsoft did make changes to Windows to comply with other provisions of the DMA and is delivering these changes to Windows PCs in the EEA.
- The Edge browser and the Bing web search functionality were redesigned so that users can uninstall these applications from Windows using the standard Windows mechanisms that are available for uninstallation if they choose to do so.
- Microsoft has enabled and provided instructions for third-party web search applications to offer web search services through the search box on the Windows task bar and to rely on any browser of their choice to show a search results page in the same way as the Microsoft Bing web search application. Similarly, Windows enables and has provided information to developers on how to create third-party news feeds in the Windows Widgets panel in the same way as Microsoft Edge.
- Microsoft also modified the sign-in experience on Windows. Prior to the DMA, Windows automatically signed users into other Microsoft products and services that combined data, including into Edge, Bing, and the Microsoft “Start” service (e.g. news, weather, etc.) when users are first signed into Windows. Windows will no longer automatically sign users into these services.
- For example, Microsoft has put in place new data handling practices and controls to ensure that any data collected from Windows PCs in the EEA about non-Microsoft applications running on Windows – for example, data collected for the purpose of detecting bugs that impact those applications or Windows – is not used for any competitive purpose against the providers of those applications.
- Similarly, Microsoft redesigned Windows data consent flows to make clear when Microsoft combines Windows data with data from other Microsoft products and services and it will obtain consent for those data combinations, including issuing new consent screens to existing Windows users where required.
They're even going after Microsoft for their bundling of Teams with Office
Microsoft Charged for Violating EU Antitrust Rules by Bundling Teams With Other Office Products
The EU claims that by bundling Teams with other Microsoft Office tools, the company restricts competition in the market for communication apps.
www.techrepublic.com
But we all know this isn't really about the EU and Microsoft. It's about you and others who are against the DMA.
Apple would be up there with the biggest. If Apple was a country, its market cap would put it at #7 in the world in terms of GDP
Apple's market cap is larger than all but 6 of world's top economies
Apple stock hit an all-time high this week and is up more than 57% this year, with a market cap hovering at $3.08 trillion.
markets.businessinsider.com