EU to Target Apple Maps and Apple Ads Next

[germanbeer007]

lol who can really defend this seriously?

you want cookie popups in Apple Maps too?

 

[germanbeer007]

Let’s hope they force Apple to allow things like the calendar app to use Google Maps for locations on things. It’s terrible to not be able to add locations directly from the calendar app since Apple Maps data is so outdated.

May as well have EU force you to buy an Android

 

[ofarlig]

May as well have EU force you to buy an Android

No the EU might just save me from have to buy Android. Having to use a browser to create a lot of my calendar appointments is getting old.

 

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[whatnot]

What about Google ads you know the real monopoly here. Did they target google? If not why not. I still thing someone at the EU hates Apple for some reason or some of the few meaningless tech companies in the EU is lobbying against Apple.

you are correct, everything in EU revolves around Apple and finding more ways to hate it more, it's an all-out Apple hate cult, and nothing else matters.

 

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[WarmWinterHat]

You know why the EU wants to open up everything? They want to have access. See you in 3 years when they try again to end encryption and do AI chat control along site having to put your digital ID on every website so you can have access.

That's nice. Now tell me how this applies to the DMA.

I'm personally much, much more concerned about the unhinged crap happening on this side of Atlantic.

 

[Digital Dude]

I agree that what the EU is doing is really unethical. I’m not exactly Yippee-ki-yay about Apple’s software anymore, and I actually use more Android services than iOS, but still. 🤷‍♂️

 

[idrewuk]

This is actually getting beyond ridiculous now. The EU has completely lost the plot.

 

[whatnot]

That is why I ask. But lets be serious they will agree with Google because google will give them access and is open. Apple is more stubborn and won't give them the data and won't open up their system. And Meta? They basically have a monopoly with Whats App.

how is this about EU asking for 'data', whatever that is.

 

[Superhai]

The inescapable conclusion is that the EU Commission is corrupt.

The thing is, Apple have reported their services as having passed the threshold stipulated in the DMA. However at the same time they also argues that they believe that their services are not significant enough to be gatekeepers. This is why the EC have to make a decision if that is the case or not. I am pretty sure corruption can't be self incriminating?

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Not sure what all the fuss is about? Nobody uses Apple Maps anyway, Apple says so themselves

 

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[SBlue1]

Maps is an excellent app and Apple has been improving it for literally a decade. And the idea Maps doesn't have competition is insane.

Also, this has nothing to do with competition. The EC is desperately trying to prop up (really conjure up) European tech companies through massively overbearing regulation. It they really cared about consumers or privacy or competition they wouldn't be laser-focused on Apple to the near-exclusion of actually harmful companies like Meta.

Apple Maps is trash, just like Siri and lots of other Apple services. It took Apple two years and a few dozen reports to correct my street. It took them forever to add bike paths. The restaurant that opened in my building last year is still not listed! So good luck finding any stores or food places. I can't navigate with my 50ccm Vespa scooter because there is no option in Apple Maps to avoid the fast roads I am not allowed to use. There is no point to use Apple Maps besides car navigation.

 

[jarman92]

Apple Maps is trash, just like Siri and lots of other Apple services. It took Apple two years and a few dozen reports to correct my street. It took them forever to add bike paths. The restaurant that opened in my building last year is still not listed! So good luck finding any stores or food places. I can't navigate with my 50ccm Vespa scooter because there is no option in Apple Maps to avoid the fast roads I am not allowed to use. There is no point to use Apple Maps besides car navigation.

Ok so use Google. This is an entirely moot point.

 

[whatnot]

They push for it almost every year. They want to protect peoples privacy from companies but not from government. They want access to everything. Even ban encryption. They want to be able to scan every massage you send and everything on the cloud because cHiLdReN. They failed now again because Germany said no so they decided to let the companies do it voluntarily but if it doesn’t work they will try again in 3 years. They will do it its just a matter of time. Oh and politicians won’t be effected because there is an exception for them.

OMG, so I only have three years until EU can track my data on Apple Maps? and I don't even have cHiLdReN!

 

[germanbeer007]

No the EU might just save me from have to buy Android

That right there is the problem.

 

[@Brett]

95% of Google’s revenue comes from advertising. And Google has 2 Maps apps. But apparently Apple is a gatekeeper.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Can they take a swing at Photos while they're at it? I'd love to develop a replacement photos app that actually lets you organize

 

[dampfnudel]

There is really no end to the EU’s tyranny. Apple should just pull out of the market if they’re not going to be allowed to innovate.

Yeah, it would make total sense to drop out of the European market.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Yeah, it would make total sense to drop out of the European market.

It certainly does, if Apple actually has principles.

 

[Powerguru]

What a pain EU has become.