iOS 26.2 Expands Live Translation on AirPods to EU

[MrSnirf]

That is absolutely delusional. Quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on MacRumors. And that’s saying a lot.

Its not. Yes Apple intentionally withholds features from EU to use as leverage because they want the general public to pressure their legislature.

Couldn’t possibly be they talked to the EU after they announced the feature and were given assurances they didn’t have to let others use it despite the text of the DMA (emphasis mine)

Malicious compliance. Apple has been actively fighting the DMA every way they can using both legal and public opinion.

 

[turbineseaplane]

That is absolutely delusional. Quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on MacRumors. And that’s saying a lot.

Apple's known to be awfully petty historically.
I wouldn't be so sure here.

 

[surferfb]

Its not. Yes Apple intentionally withholds features from EU to use as leverage because they want the general public to pressure their legislature.

Anyone who knows anything about how EU politics works would tell you that’s ridiculous and wouldn’t work. There is no way Apple thinks that.

Malicious compliance. Apple has been actively fighting the DMA every way they can using both legal and public opinion.

As is their right, and as they should (and I hope they would) if they think a law is bad for them, their products and/or their users.

Apple's known to be awfully petty historically.
I wouldn't be so sure here.

I think you would agree that the headphone translation feature is a “software feature accessed or controlled via the operating system”, yes?

For everyone claiming Apple is just spiting the EU, don’t you think it’s at least conceivable that Apple’s lawyers told them they needed to give access to that feature to their competitors per the text of the DMA I quoted above? And if they didn’t want to do that, then they couldn’t release the feature without checking with the EU first? And Apple didn’t want to discuss an unannounced feature with a government they see as unreasonable, uninformed, biased, and hostile?

Doesn’t that make more sense that a plan that is:

• Withhold feature for two months
• Fold (presumably receiving nothing other than lost sales)
• Release the feature anyway

 

[turbineseaplane]

I honestly have no idea about any of that.

My only point was that Apple definitely has a track record of being petty so I wouldn’t rule that out as a contributing factor.