”Root for governments”… you do understand that governments are elected, right? And as for the ”lose American tech” bit, that’s not even remotely in the realm of possibility. The EU is a way larger customer base than the US, it’s not like they can afford it.
Whilst I likely agree with the gist of what you’re saying, the other poster asked for evidence on you’re claim that ‘more and more developers worldwide are permanently leaving Apples developer programme’. The ‘evidence’ you have provided says nothing of the sort. All of these still actually develop for other Apple platforms, and all of them have said they’ll ‘wait and see’ regarding apples new category entry.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree, this law is actually designed to bypass any gatekeeping at all, and allow one to install apps from anywhere - thus avoiding any need at all to download government tampered apps.
This suggests that security is composed solely of platform security mechanisms like sandboxing and codesigning. This is not a correct understanding of security. The platform itself cannot be 100% secure and technological mitigations by themselves will not protect a user from violations of privacy, or security.
Then you have not read the law if you think it is designed to bypass any gatekeeping at all. It is a law that is supposed to make it possible for other businesses to establish themselves as alternative gatekeepers. The notion is that what is best for consumers is what is best for other businesses.
Apple specifically prevents native instructions from being written into memory and then allowing that code to execute.
*Businesses including indie devs. Or do you think they will become automatic gatekeepers? Do you know what a gatekeeper as the eu designates them is? Or do you just think everyone is a gatekeeper because they own a business, however small?
This completely misunderstands the Microsoft problem. Microsoft was the market. There was no meaningful alternative to Microsoft. It used its dominant market position to crush all rivals on a technological platform that was 'open.'
Not everything boils down to a simple yes or no question nor does it boil down to money or not. Nor would an alternative web engine be allowed to access any function it wanted.
Yes. The keyword being “forced.”
People have been “rooting” for the EU. And while governments are comprised of elected representatives that doesn’t mean it doesn’t collectively always does a great job or makes the right decisions.
With a huge code base and lots of vectors there will always be “another one” to add to the pile. Apple does shut those doors in due time.
Well I think it is secure and private as apple says. Doesn’t mean there won’t be any privacy or security issues ever. And everybody’s definition of what constitutes an acceptable level or privacy and security is different.
And by forcing Apple to remove parts or all of the walled garden - making iOS the same as Android - effectives moves that choice to one!
Just watch ‘Enemy of the State’ from the late 90s. Very informative. They always tell you what they are doing.
