That’s not a good analogy. You can’t make your own country. You can make a phone, it’s just difficult.
And nobody is locked in.
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Apple's EU Changes: 'They Think the Rules Don't Apply to Them'
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And nobody is locked in.
The EU cares far more about consumers than anyone else in the world.
Apple uses the EU internal market and therefore has to abide by its rules, just like in any other market in the world. Companies like Apple are so big that smaller companies no longer stand a chance. And not every company has wallets as deep as Apple's.
IMO, Apple shouldn't have any control over which apps get into a third-party store, they can police their own app store as tightly as they want, but not others. Ultimately, it should be up to the user to decide which apps they want on their phone. And what gives them the right to charge a fee for an installation in third-party stores? The third-party store does not belong to them, the apps are not hosted by them and Apple already charges 99 euros per year for the developer account. That's just absurd.
Besides, I don't understand all the fuss. If you're not an EU citizen, it doesn't affect you anyway, and if you are, you can still use the App Store exclusively.
It would be more interesting if Daniel Ek said which part(s) of the DMA Apple violates.
I haven't seen anyone disagreeing with how Apple is going to implement the DMA telling us in what specific way Apple isn't in compliance.
If it's obvious it shouldn't be difficult to point to where.
I haven't seen anyone disagreeing with how Apple is going to implement the DMA telling us in what specific way Apple isn't in compliance.
If it's obvious it shouldn't be difficult to point to where.
So which part of the DMA is Apple violating?
Daniel Ek didn't make any legal argument at all.
you will switch OS just because you don’t like a corporation’s response to government regulation? hope Apple doesn’t find out… they will be so hurt.
Apple follows the laws and regulations in all markets they operate, even in autocratic countries like China and Russia.
It's a rule I support.
Businesses shouldn't be involved in politics, human rights, environmental and climate policies. They should just make good products and services.
The software isn't your property.
I don't want users to have more control. I don't want the iPhone to be like Windows or the Mac.
A tightly controlled, locked down device is wonderful for so many non-technical people. Having just ONE place to get software in a secure and easy way is also great.
Adding more control to users increases the complexity of the software and the device which isn't good when you just want something which is easy to use and shouldn't require any technical knowledge at all.
But we're not using Apple's devices and software to increase our freedom.
We want less freedom so it's less complex and easier to use.
I would take Spotify more seriously if they paid artists a fair loyalty rate
And allowed artist to direct listeners to other streaming services that paid them more…
Point taken. Apple is greedy because they lock down their ecosystem, Spotify is greedy because they pay half per stream that Apple Music does. They're all greedy in their own unique ways.
Omg!
If MacRumors got payed $0,1 for every stupid post here, they would be richer then Apple pretty quickly 😂
If MacRumors got payed $0,1 for every stupid post here, they would be richer then Apple pretty quickly 😂
Spotify are paying out 75% of their $12 ish billion dollar revenue to the music industry.
If Apple are paying double (that is very dubious) they are paying out $18 billion on revenues of $350-400 billion.
Not sure how that makes Apple the champion of the starving artist.
Maybe Apple could pay them a bit more instead of hoarding all that cash?
Don't have to wait five years. They will analyze the proposals after March 7th, get feedback from third parties (developers and users) and take strict action.
VSP isn’t going to be available in the EU for some time. This regulation has zero to do with developers in the EU who would still have to use the US App Store to distribute their apps.
Really? With 20% global market share in 2023?
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“CEO of company that hasn’t paid Apple anything other than the $99/year fee since 2016, learns there’s no such thing as a free lunch while nickel and diming artists”
Why do people buy apple products if the company is so bad?
The ceo of Spotify is as big a blowhard as the ceo of epic.
