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Impending EU Regulation to Force Apple to Allow Third-Party App Stores and Open Up iMessage
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yes. that is called freedom my friend.
unfortunately aweome devs like Litchie had their apps booted from the app store. so he needs some of that freedom.
This is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.
This will end badly for everyone: Apple, the EU market, and consumers.
Just when we thought the EU had come up with the worst idea ever, they hit us with "all messaging services must be interoperable!" Just breathtaking idiocy wrapped in blatant protectionism passed off as "consumer protection."
Well I can’t say I was in favour of the UK leaving the EU but at least we won’t be party to this nonsense.
Yes, it does. Because what is immediately going to happen is that Meta is going to create their own app store, which will be the only place to download Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp, and which will conveniently circumvent many if not all the privacy protections Apple has spent the last decade building.
And your sister has no malware that she knows of.
my mac has the same chip as my iPad.
for that one user. not for everyone else. memory hogging apps will be weeded out or fixed.
this could have happened with any pc or mac on your network also. did the android "infection" spread to the iPhones also?
nice story though.
what I do with my phone is really none of your business so you wont suffer.
the iPhone was not a walled garden when it was created. that grew from apples greed later.
enjoy your newfound freedom.
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And the UK would have had a moderating influence in this. If you ask me… this is what mainly the French want.
Evidence that the EU is flagrantly discriminating against US tech companies? How about the fact that nearly every company affected by this bill is American, and not one is European?
Tech regulations created by people who are mostly good at speaking and glad-handing...
As a consumer, I don't like you or unelected buearocrats playing nanny.
I agree. I couldn't care less what you install on your devices. enjoy you newfound freedom my friend.
The most stricking fact of all this is how some people who follow technology news everyday really think giving options can’t have any downsides, because each one is responsible. So short-sighted. Then they still get surprised when catch-all products fail.
The DMA will, for the most part, harm American companies – big US corporations. Therefore, it will harm the US. Policy makers in Washington should wake up.
This will end up being an EU vs. US issue.
An apt response by the US would be to impose new tariffs on all European consumer goods.
This will end up being an EU vs. US issue.
An apt response by the US would be to impose new tariffs on all European consumer goods.
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So, because the rest of your family uses iMessage, Apple should have to open it up to Android??
There are plenty of messaging apps that work across all devices. How about you get them to change apps instead? That way, you can all use your device of choice and still communicate without requiring Apple do something they shouldn't have to do.
Or, better yet, use the universal messaging apps: phone calls and emails.
So in a nutshell you'd be blatantly anti-competitive, opening yourself up to probably multiple antitrust investigations and making yourself vulnerable to quite significant fines under the DMA/DSA? In the end your only recourse is pulling out of the EU market completely, which your board and shareholders will crucify you for because it is your third most important market representing some $89bn in sales in FY2021.
Yeah that sounds like a truly thought out proposal.
It's the EU, what did you expect. The downside of a unitary establishment involves many, many countries. Probably best to ask the public, but governments don't care about their people.
They're not "fighting corporations". That's the lie the ignorant fools keep telling themselves. The EU isn't Robin Hood, they just prefer other corporations. In this case, Epic Games and others who feel entitled to free app stores.
Great news, now all the vetting that Apple does will be gone. Corporations can decide to not upload their cr@p to App Store (as it's already happening on Android), essentially FORCING users to use alternate stores without the QA and policing that Apple does.
All hail malware! What a bunch of idiots. They don't believe their own eyes. We've seen this flood of malware happening on opened up Windows for almost 3 decades now, we've seen this happening on opened up Android for a decade now, but they just HAD to ruin it for iOS users too. THANKS A LOT, MUCH APPRECIATED.
good luck explaining that to this administration.
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