Yes, we live under some rule of law. What’s done is done. People cheer that it was done and people are against government overreach. All good opinions. Doesn’t mean we have to like all things that government does.
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Mozilla is 'Extremely Disappointed' With Implementation of Apple's EU Browser Engine Change
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Probably because macOS isn’t important anymore considering the hardware entry price.
Well, with how things are going the EU may force Apple out.
Do you think they are just going to say,
"Hah Apple, you sure got us, we should have expected that you will get the better of us"
It's a good thing then that your wishes are inconsequential to the will of the developers and more importantly governments.
I’ve never bothered ton install a third party browser on any apple product, but this cheap moves make apple look really bad. Comply with the ****ing rule and stop pissing off developers!!!
Well this one is easy. Apple gives up the multi billion $$$ Google payment if everyone dumps Safari.
And it also allows for browsers that don't refuse to play YouTube in the background (which gets people to pay for premium).
I'm sure Apple received some kind of incentive to have that function removed from all the iOS browsers.
I think EU consumers are going to find out rather quickly that the "open" part doesn't have much to do with competition or pricing. If it did, then mobile platform software would never have been cheaper than desktop/laptop or consoles.
The EU spent a lot of time talking about competition but never bothered to provide the actual pricing comparisons between all the various platforms. There's a reason for that. It wouldn't have supported their claims.
This has nothing to do with anything. Pricing?
The EU want so called gatekeepers to open up their stranglehold on their platforms; software, appstores, hardware, in order to allow more competition ‘past the gates’ and allow said competition to flourish.
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You have yet to come up with one other than red herring arguments.
Oh, there are going to be consequences to this but I think you have misunderstood the power dynamic if you think Apple is going to come out on top of the EU. I still find it strange that people will side with a huge corporation against an entity that’s trying to give them back some options. Nobody’s forcing you to use alternative browsers. Apple is forcing you to use theirs.
You sound like one of my former non-technical bosses trying to tell me that making changes to software systems was as easy as his saying what he wanted.
I find it strange that people root for governments. Now if the eu keeps putting pressure they may lose American tech. Don’t care you say. Then you’re banished from google…use yahoo.
I have no allegiance to Apple. These days there’s barely a cigarette paper between them and the likes of Google or Microsoft. But I also have a major distaste for government overreach because sooner or later they will come after something that’s actually important that you and I would rather they didn’t.
For all Apple’s faults, and there are many, they aren’t forcing anyone to do anything. Consumers and developers have always had the choice to take their business elsewhere 👍
What a mess. Capitalism demands even content we view on devices and via internet access we already pay too much for be contaminated with even more money-grabbing garbage.... and yet so many forum lizards jump to its defence soon as someone as much as points out what a racket it all truly is.
Talk about turkeys voting for their favourite stuffing 🤷♂️
Talk about turkeys voting for their favourite stuffing 🤷♂️
One example. WebKit based security issue: https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/iphones_macs_patch/
It is about the engine:
Quick: Update iPhones and Macs – WebKit security hole found
Two CVEs can be abused to steal sensitive info or execute code
Apple being malicious compliance. Playing the nineties (or zeros?) Microsoft. Just like the “self repair” bull *******y.
Previously forced to adopt USB-C. Why not embrace it? Like they actually did by filming their scary fast event with an EU-forced USBC coupled hard drive to an iPhone 15 PM: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023...ary-fast-apples-keynote-event-shot-on-iphone/
Previously forced to adopt USB-C. Why not embrace it? Like they actually did by filming their scary fast event with an EU-forced USBC coupled hard drive to an iPhone 15 PM: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023...ary-fast-apples-keynote-event-shot-on-iphone/
I don’t understand how this kind of speech is allowed on these forums but me criticizing the EU gets the comments taken down?
Ok.
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Because it is show the level of the argument of just go buy an Android. It is saying it is at the same level of argument.
Personal I would fully support the mods banning the argument go buy an android as it is the same level of ********.
Not sure if any of these 'disgusted' commenters realize that Apple doesn't care what you think 🙄🤷🏽♂
Right, there is so much choice in the mobile OS space. You can choose between all of 2 options, so let’s just let them do whatever they want. Apple and Google have enormous power over consumers and you have no problem with that overreach. Why is that power different and better than the power of elected officials?