That is hilarious nonsense. Nothing could be further from the truth!
It's not about physical devices, it's about software platforms, so it will apply to software releases.
That actually never happens!
Yup and nothing’s coming along anytime soon either to knock Apple or Google from their perch.
It’s virtually impossible now for a new third system to succeed, because not only do you need all the technical hardware and software expertise and patent clout, you need to convince a large number of app developers to port their apps to your platform, and you need to run all the cloud services that are nowadays expected. The only currently workable alternative is to build yet another Android device (since Apple doesn’t allow licensing iOS).
That is not entirely correct, though: Monopolies are not illegal in the EU.
Well said. People frequently conflate the technically possible with the practically possible. Technically it’s possible for someone else to come along, but as a practical matter, it’s just not going to happen for all the reasons you outlined. It would take a complete paradigm shift away from the smartphone and on to something new to unseat Apple or Google. And even that assumes Apple and Google don’t win that battle as well. Apple managed to maintain their position as a dominant player in the shift from computers to smartphones and tablets, unlike Microsoft.
Oh noes!
Authorities frowning upon crass money laundering schemes which are used mostly by criminals and speculants and on top of it all are a major environmental hazard?
No. It is above all about user choices. And as much as iMessage spam is a rising problem, you will still be able to block spam or other unwanted messages as you always have, as far as your messaging platform supports block lists and other restrictions.
Yes, both of them are very clearly gatekeepers by the definition of the proposed regulation.
As far as I'm aware security limitations can still apply.
You're projecting ideas onto the EU which are very clearly not how the actual EU really operates if you knew anything about it.
Simply because it is the member governments who jointly decide which areas are to be delegated to the EU and at least many member governments have so far wanted to reserve media legislation for themselves. This would require a unanimous decision, which does not exist at this point.
That is hilariously far off the mark!
That is absurdly unrealistic. The conflict between authorities and privacy is actually primarily happening in the USA and in autocratic countries where personal privacy has a very low status or is nonexistent as a personal right, exactly contrary to the EU where personal privacy has a much higher status and is an actual legal reality (see GDPR).
Only to a very limited extent; Others like Google and Facebook have much more problematic business models which could be hit a lot harder by comparison.
Interoperability is already assured there, so SMS is not an issue.
The European Union is the political union of 27 independent nation states represented by their elected governments, elected members of the European Parliament and the appointed European Commission on behalf of the privacy and access rights and interests of almost 450 million citizens.
You're missing my point. It's not my move, it's what Apple's move is and how they should react telling them how they feel about the matter. My point is if Steve were alive, he would, in somewhat rather choice words, tell them to go F themselves and tell them exactly why with a very matter-of-fact reason.
The impact of Steve Jobs' open letters generally came from having valid points to raise in the interests of Apple's users, but in this case what you're imagining actually just amounts to Apple wanting to restrict user choices and effective competition which has been making Tim Cook's statements on the matter already somewhat awkward as it is.
Yup. Apple will be fined 10% of their worldwide revenue the first time they try to restrict third-party apps from using the APIs that are available for Apple's first-party apps. They try it a second time, they will be fined 20% of their worldwide revenue. In addition, the Commission may impose periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of the total worldwide annual turnover of the gatekeeper concerned in the event of non-implementation of orders. In the event of systematic violations of the DMA rules of conduct, the Commission may, pursuant to Art. 16 DMA (i.e., based on a market investigation), imposes behavioral and structural remedies, up to and including the ultima ratio of breakup.
The US is also bringing out an Anti-trust bill. Whether they have the balls to pass it, implement it, and fine the big tech companies is yet to be seen. It may not come to pass if the big tech can buy out the politicians. But the idea of all the countries is same, they want to control the big tech.
Booking.com is a European company that is affected by DMA. Here is a list of possible companies that could be designated as Gatekeepers. Not sure how many of them are American and how many are EU-based. The list is there, you can check.
Yes, WhatsApp is also affected. They have to allow interoperability too.
