They pretty much did.
iPadOS is following the same playbook as iOS.
For both Apple and the European Union.
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White House Hits Back at Apple's Massive EU Fine
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iPadOS is following the same playbook as iOS.
For both Apple and the European Union.
Nope. They can afford to wait and are watching the dollar tank and people dumping treasury bonds. I expect once the US financiers customers have lost all their money and absorbed the large chunk of the risk, that they will start exerting pressure on the administration. Last time they exerted pressure someone fell off a yacht. There are people out there who are much much bigger sharks than the orange man.
China just has to watch Trump shooting his toes off.
So, not only do you show you’re heavily reliant on YouTube, but on two American clowns who used to ride around China being obnoxious, breaking laws left, right and centre and creating stories to make themselves look smart. I’m familiar with those two motorbiking wasters and so glad to hear the Chinese police finally threw them out, possibly around 2010 when they cleared out a load of other alcoholics, druggies and visa violators. They were smug, irritating embarrassments with superiority complexes and as I remember one of them was rightly banged up for while. Well, it was obvious your knowledge of China was secondhand and superficial and you’ve just handed me the evidence on a plate. The nice picture of Battersea power station proves what exactly? Your first post on UK and Brussels was incoherent and this additional ramble just leaves one asking ‘what on earth is he on about?’ What was the point you were trying to make? Preferably in your own words without YouTube cut and paste.
If you want to discourage behavior against EU law, just forbid the product to be sold in the EU until the problem is fixed. If the company wants to sell in the EU, it will be fixed quickly.
In the US, myself and many other people think that fines (speeding, etc.) are used primarily as a way of raising revenue. I doubt that I can be convinced that the EU fines on Apple are not used primarily for raising revenue.
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https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/white-house-hits-back-at-eu-fine/
Apple's $570 million fine from the EU has triggered a sharp rebuke from the White House, which called the fine a form of economic extortion, Reuters reports.
The fine was announced on Wednesday by the European Commission, following a formal investigation into Apple's compliance with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA), a landmark piece of legislation aimed at curbing the market dominance of so-called "gatekeeper" companies. According to the Commission, Apple violated the DMA by restricting developers from informing users about alternative payment options outside the App Store and by preventing the distribution of iOS apps through competing app marketplaces.
Speaking to Reuters, a spokesperson for the White House condemned the EU's actions, signaling growing transatlantic tensions over regulation of U.S. technology firms:
Apple said it plans to appeal the decision. The company called it "another example of the commission unfairly targeting the company" with actions that are "bad for the privacy and security of our users." The penalties represent approximately 0.1% of each company's annual revenue, which is significantly below the potential maximum fine of 10% allowed under the DMA.
The ruling comes amid ongoing trade negotiations between the EU and the U.S., which could potentially add another layer of complexity to transatlantic tech regulations.
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If you forbid the customers from obtaining a product they rely on that is by definition anti-competitive. So they fine them.
Except Trump cut his tariffs because china didn’t budge.
Trump is panicking. Why do I say that, because he’s pouring out lies and disinformation. He claims he’s done 200 deals with the 194 countries in the World. He hasn’t. He’s imposed blanket tariffs and to him that is the deal done. He’s misleading the gullible, mostly inside the USA. He claims, with reference to tariffs, Xi has called him. Beijing denies this and around the world, including leading news outlets in the USA, they believe Beijing. So, Trump needlessly lies during an interview and once again proves he is a liar. The President of the USA is a liar and when the World decides who to trust between Xi and Trump, the World believes Beijing. Right across the board including recent allies, the World believes Beijing. They trust Beijing in this matter. It’s worth repeating because it’s fundamental to future alliances. Let that sink in. The World, including leading American Newsrooms, trust that Beijing is telling the truth. In other words. The USA has hit rock bottom in terms of TRUST.
True…as a European, I know nobody who trusts Trump and his US policies. Citizens, politicians, media, companies…byebye Trump…and (unfortunately), thereby …byebye USA.
I see two problems with this approach. 1) It does nothing to address the products already sold. 2) If the product is a service--Apple's Appstore for instance--it would impact people who already bought the iPhone and is using Apple's services. They'd be in quite the pickle, wouldn't they?
In essences, the law would harm those it's trying to protect. It's like shooting the kneecaps of the people to keep them from leaving the safety of a shelter.
Exactly. And it only took two months to teach the rest of the world that they cant trust anything we say because we are four years away from potentially breaking any deal, including one negotiated and written by the same president in a previous term (Mexico/Canada). Even our longest allies and partners would be foolish to trust anything we say long term because Trump has proven that we cant be relied on.
It’s not a good feeling to be distrusted and even resented. It’s becoming clear now how EU countries felt and must still feel toward Brexit UK. Instead of staying and fighting we walked away and turned our backs on allies within the EU. How I voted is secondary since I was part of an electorate and the result was our collective result. That’s how democracy works and I get impatient with the labels Brexiteer / Remainer because we are one electorate. Regaining some trust is possible and things are beginning to look better. Ironically Trump and his team have repelled in a way that’s shown us where we belong. USA could find a way back but it takes the silent majority to speak and act.
US citizens living outside the US, including many born in the US or to US parents who in many cases are not even aware that they are considered citizens, are subjected to extremely burdensome reporting requirements. They must also pay US taxes on total earnings, even though many have not lived or worked in the US a single day of their lives.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act - Wikipedia
The US invented this nonsense. I for one pour a beer and cheer for every penny that is clawed back.
Go EU!
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Apple got a break from the EU, a big break:
“Companies can be charged up to 10 percent of their annual global revenue for DMA violations, and up to 20 percent for repeat offenses. … The fines announced today are below the maximum penalties of around $16 billion for Meta and $39 billion for Apple based on 2024 earnings.”
Apple and Meta hit with the EU’s first DMA antitrust fines
The companies only have 60 days to comply.
www.theverge.com
The DMA was never about protecting consumers. It was always about propping up competitors in the EU. Therein lies the sweet, beautiful irony. Apple’s success shows that there is a small yet not-insignificant number of people who do genuinely prefer a walled garden ecosystem, and the EU is determined to blast those walls wide open regardless.
you will have to ´kiss the ass’ of some Europeans maybe to have this fine cancelled (this is just potus’ language)
The challenges is countries and states like to us etch same laws to bring in revenue and thus are complicate in the tax avoidance schemes.
More than the point, NATO countries answered the US' call for the wars in the East and Afghanistan, and are part of an anti-piracy effort Arabian Sea area as well. People forget that in this ne transactional relationship of Trump's.
I personally think the rest of the EU was upset Ireland found a way to land Apple and was worried other companies would follow suit, costing them money.
Older cars were often much less integrated overall, I can add CarPlay in a friend's truck by swapping out a USB connect with a new factory one with the needed data lines and doing a software update. Newer cars are much more difficult, requiring special adaptor boxes, and as infotainment becomes more integrated with dashboards I suspect 3rd party solutions will be impossible.
Not happening, no sane company will forgo the revenue over some relatively minor, in the grand scope of things, legal issues. If they did leave, as alternatives crop up and become more commonplace, returning would be very difficult. If they did leave, warranty and support requirements would keep them locked in while competitors moved in, plus if you are Google, for example, and Apple leaves that opens up a whole new bunch of Pixel buyers, so why leave then?
Personally, I think Apple should simply let users side load and be on their own with regards to security if they use a third party app not from the App Store. If the App wants Apple to validate their app off of the App Store, pay Apple for it; otherwise go on your won and let the consumer decide. If an app is on both stores, only the one on the App Store gets tagged as a verified developer unless they pay for that service for non-App Store versions. That gives the develop and consumer free choice.
True, but the US would expect an EU country to abide by US laws, if they due any business in the US, just as the EU does for US companies; which is why some banks won't open accounts for US citizens because then they must follow the US reporting laws or face penalties such as losing access to the US banking systems.
What gets sticky is when laws conflict and the internet is medium of communication; or when reporting requirements, for example, may run afoul of local laws.
Agree totally.
This is what I already do on the Mac basically.
It’s really hard to have a defense against this concept other than Apple insisting it have control, which of course is the exact problem to begin with.
They are control freaks, obsessed with obtaining every little cent of revenue they can harvest… and dressing it all up as “security & privacy”