I'm not surprised that you would say that. You probably come from the USA, where universal health care, sick pay, protection against dismissal, etc. are regarded as deepest communism.
Why? And where to? Perhaps to the USA, which is currently turning into a fascist autocracy?
We're usually late anyway, Apple is only trying to sell its lazyness as a consequence of EU regulations now - I still have to say "hey" before siri, and there's nonsuch rhing as apple news over here. Also, being late with apple intellicence is actually a feature. So, nothing really has changed.
well it’s a creature with many faces (unfortunately a few ugly ones) but with diversity in language, cultures and identities…
Don’t wish to others what you don’t want for yourself… it might come back to you like a boomerang …what comes before the fall?
Related, if the EU had worked just a little more quickly, we'd be stuck with MicroUSB on everything, instead of USB-C - they had been pushing to require MicroUSB in the days before USB-C. If they had managed that, USB-C wouldn't have caught on the way it has now.
Not only do I understand that, I agree they absolutely must follow local laws.
To be fair, it wasn’t Apple that changed. The rules the EU approved for their App Store are the same OR have better terms than when the App Store was introduced there. It was the EU that decided to change the rules. They should have said from the start that they didn’t want the iPhone App Store in the region. Apple’s not being vindictive, this is what a company SHOULD do understanding that, at any time, the government may drastically alter regulations regarding approved business practices. Especially when the DMA says,”We can make up anything we like, and fine you for it.”
Until the EU notices that they’re not getting the revenues they expected. Would the regulators be willing to regulate their citizens?
They did comply with the rules. Since day one of being approved to do business in the EU with the App Store. Complying with the rules, apparently, just brings about more punitive rules.
No, the EU just needs to be consistent with their regulations. Apple didn’t approve THEMSELVES to operate in the EU. EU regulators approved the current state that they don’t like. And, that current state is still in place and available for use by EVERY non-gatekeeper company (essentially different rules for EU companies vs non-EU companies). It starts out inconsistent and then just goes downhill from there.
Nothing in my post says anything about the entire world or even another country needing to adhere to any American values or standards.
EU regulators will never allow that. They know they NEED the iPhone in their digital future, they NEED more citizens owning them. That’s why they didn’t just block the phone from the region.
The iPhone would only have to open up to other smartwatches if there are features the Apple Watch would have that other watches wouldn’t. Simple solution, remove those features from the Apple Watch in the EU. Anyone that wants the features would just use an AppleID from outside the region.
Nope, I’ve gotten many great apps by side loading and I can finally watch youtube without ads and sponsorship and even youtube music is for free
Most people in the EU use Android. Nobody “needs” an iphone
At least you have Polish. Many European languages are missing. Android and Microsoft have had the Baltic languages etc from the beginning. Even Windows 98 had Estonian for example and so did the Office. iOS are missing more languages. Talking about system wide languages, not just siri
then I could easily go for android that have better Ai, better cameras, more storage and Android promises 6 years of updates too and let’s not forget better battery life and more choices.
