Unfortunately the EU has a bunch of unelected bureaucrats chartered to stymie a free market. First offer the users Apple Music and then other services.
I understand why they’ve done it, but I still think it’s questionable.
At the moment the only people that would buy HomePod are those that are fully bought into the Apple ecosystem.
Do you not think the market would widen significantly for the device were it able to stream from other providers?
Apple lately have been taking a bit of flak for the disappointing sales of HomePod thus far. They will need to decide whether they want to keep using it as a device for Apple Music subscribers only or whether they want to address these sales figures.
The free market is only free as long as there is enough competition. When there is risk of loss of competition or negative impact by company fusions to the customer, the state -or in that case the EU- has to take action to ensure said competition.Unfortunately the EU has a bunch of unelected bureaucrats chartered to stymie a free market. First offer the users Apple Music and then other services.
They're not, but they do now. And if that changes just because Apple takes it over and uses it to push Apple Music, the fusion would have a negative impact for the customer.What a crap. Shazam is not obligated to refer Spotify or any other streaming service.
. . . Though if you ask me, what makes the “Apple is doomed” argument so dumb . . .
Unfortunately the EU has a bunch of unelected bureaucrats chartered to stymie a free market.
Why does Europe seem so interested in regulating what an American company does with their money...
In the EU there is a high trust in the government, reason for governments (and parliaments of course) to regulate the welfare of everyone. In the US, the trust lies more on the companies and less on the government.No, this is just more centralized government control. They are sticking their noses where it doesn’t belong and convincing people it is for their own “protection”. Sad thing is, people subvert their own will and control willingly more and more.
'Ok, If Apple waits till Britain goes Brexit, and Shazam's HQ is in England, and Apple is a US company, what right would the EU have to block a merger of 2 companies that are not part of the EU?????