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The EU is giving away nothing. Apple is opening up their platform to 3rd party services as required by law.
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Correct and the law(or the eu which is playing Robin Hood) is making Apple give away their ip. I feel like this has been a discussion point over the last two years and thousands of posts.
The EU is not making Apple do anything. Apple has every choice in this to exercise their "pullout game" like the lot of you like to argue.
You do know the story of Robin Hood is that of rich people hoarding food for themselves while leaving the poor to starve right? Robs the rich to give to the poor, opposing the tyrannical rule of unjust lords and sheriffs. So even in your own defense of Apple you are calling them tyrannical overlords who are hoarding riches for themselves and leaving the poor to starve.
Fascinating.
No matter what exceptional product the iPods could have been, they would never significantly shift users from Windows to Mac, because Microsoft's monopoly on desktops was (and is) too strong.
On the other hand, a move from iPhone to Android is much simpler and painless (honestly, from someone who has used Pixel until 2 months ago, there's no clear winner), unless you're ensnared in the "walled garden". Making Airpods fully compatible with Android phones would remove one brick from the wall.
The eu is absolutely making Apple do this. I feel all american tech should leave the eu and let eu tech fill the gap. But in reality none of that is happening and the eu knows it and is forcing Apple to give away its ip.
Yes it’s taking from one and giving to another. Exactly what the DMA is doing.
Absolute bollocks. Apple could shut down their EU operations today..they are not forced to stay.
We all know they won't because with Cook at the helm, the money they get from the EU > anything and everything else.
You’re right, cook won’t give up a shekel. But good for him. Our portfolios benefit.
If EU tech stopped serving American companies Apple would seize to exist.
None of that is happening because that was not even a possibility but fanatic ramblings on forums. In reality, a country determines how businesses gets to operate within it, not the other way around.
So the EU being Robin Hood is taking from Apple the tyrannical overlord in your analogy, to give to the poor 3rd party services.
Even though the bolded is phrased in a sarcastic, hyperbolic manner the essence of it is true.
Did you not use Robin Hood as your analogy? I'm just using your own analogy. What fascinates me is that you are on the side of the tyrant in your Robin Hood analogy.
What fascinates me is you seem to be on the side of the tyrant, the eu, playing Robin Hood euphemistically.
At any rate, Apple plays most things close to their best.
You think Apple’s stock would tank if AirPods worked better with non-Apple hardware?
Of course some of the same people (yeah looking at you Neil Cybart) saying Apple shouldn’t do X would be the first to say why X was a great idea if Apple stared doing it.
Yeah Apple might be interested in stopping this since it's on rooted devices. Could pose a security risk to Find My.
Not sure how, considering you can just wipe and claim airpods without having to remove from Find My, unlike iphone/ipad/etc.
Not sure why would want to steal a strangers earbuds, though... 🤢
So which features work without rooting? The article only says that OnePlus/Oppo users have access to some features without rooting. Many of us are on Samsung devices.
Let me check my notes...
- You called the EU Robin Hood which makes Apple the tyrant
- The EU wants major platform holders to open their platform to give consumers choice beside what the platform holder dictates
- You said "I feel all american tech should leave the eu and let eu tech fill the gap."
The only reason Apple can even make the A and M series chips that power every device they sell is because of ASML. They are based in the Netherlands. That's the EU in case you need a map.
So just to recap, you are rooting for the villain in your own Robin Hood analogy while demanding the villain cut ties with the only blacksmith capable of making his sword.
What you are saying doesn't even make sense. Think about it rationally: Apple pushed back on RCS, USB-C, 3rd party stores, browser choice, NFC access and the list goes on. Those are things that make Apple devices better for consumers, but in your head that's "theft" because... what? Because Apple isn't the one deciding to give it to you?
You're essentially arguing that user freedom is stealing from corporate control. Which, ironically, proves the EU's point entirely.
Fascinating strategy. It hasn't worked yet for Apple though as more countries begin to enact laws.
From the GitHub (emphasis mine):
So basically, you're getting ear detection and battery levels on Samsungs without root. Apparently, this is all due to a bug in Android's bluetooth stack, which only OPPO/OnePlus have opted to patch.
Yes the eu is clearly the facilitator (tyrant) here.
Yes the eu is taking money (ip) from its rightful owner.
Yes that sentiment is not only limited to one opinion.
If it wasn’t them it would have been another just like there are hundreds of smartphone manufacturers.
I’m rooting for companies not to be over regulated and let the market decide.
If it were up to the eu micro usb would be a standard. That says all one needs to know.
Basically there you are defending legalized theft?
As a result, WhatsApp is the messaging standard in most of the world.
These are your words
Robin Hood is not the tyrant in the folk law.
That makes no sense, Apple still owns their IP, still sells their phones on the EU market. Regulation is not theft, when the government tells a restaurant they must have fire exits and can't serve spoiled food, they aren't "stealing" the restaurant. They are setting standards for operation. The DMA is simply a building code for digital platforms.
You want to know what is theft? Apple extracts a 30% tax from developers for digital goods sold on a device the user already paid for now that is theft. They didn't work on the app but they want to collect 30% tax on goods sold in the app.
The sentiment breeds isolationism and as we all know historically, it doesn't work. The world advances because we share ideas across borders. If Apple pulls out of the world market, they seize to be the trillion dollar corporation they are today and even in your fantasy Apple disagrees.
You think nobody has tried? This isn't a toaster, it is the most complex machine in human history. Canon and Nikon spent billions trying to build EUV machines and gave up. There is no "another" without stealing IPs from other countries.
Open your platform so other 3rd party services can thrive is not over regulation. The market is the people and the market through its elected officials have decided they want these platforms to be more open.
False. In 2009, the EU didn't pass a law, they asked the industry to voluntarily pick a standard. The industry (including Apple, Samsung, Nokia) signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" to use Micro USB. That didn't stop Apple from making the lighting port and didn't prevent Apple from co-designing the USB-C. And guess what if another standard that is better comes they will happily switch to that one.
Basically you are anti-freedom and consumer right? You are for trillion dollar companies being free to do whatever they want with no laws preventing them from taking advantage of people and preventing freedom of choice.
No one said anything about poor Apple. You don't have to buy anything from Apple. There is almost no requirements in life that you need to purchase anything from Apple. You choose to do so. If they make something you like. You purchase it. If your expectations are that it will work perfectly with other things you bought. By now, one would know that to be a mistake. And should do a touch a research to find out for sure.
Small example would be say purchasing a butter knife and using it to cut into a steak. It may work, but it's not exactly the right tool for the job. Is that some forced limitation of planned obsolescence and "lock in to the ecosystem" forethought by the maker of the knife?? Some insidious plot by those in power to force poor me, the consumer to buy yet,,... Another knife!!!!???