I demand Apple pays proper taxes before they talk.
It’s somehow funny that Apple has been permanently complaining about European laws, but can easily comply with Chinese censorship rules. Tim Cook literally sold the company to an autocratic regime.
Complying with censorship laws doesn’t threaten their income or monopoly does it?
Not complying with our rules and losing access to our market entirely will most certainly threaten their income or monopoly even more.
You’re comparing morality with revenue. Those are very different things.
I bet we have more people named Luigi in the EU than the US does. When is Tim Crook visiting?
Ok. …Fuck you then.
It shows the DMA is actually hurting Apple, and it makes me so happy
Piss off Tim Apple!
Fuck these cringe corporations
The eu should stick to its guns. The time that USA big tech can dictate the rules is over.
Right I can see it already.
ursula von der leyen: maybe we can come to an arrangement? We will fine you… (holds pinky to mouth) one million dollars!
“demands” lol 🤣🤣
Cant really give demands when you’re on the losing side of the interaction.
EU is going about this the wrong way. The DMA is a mess. Instead, they should be forcing Apple and other hardware providers to allow installation of other operating systems on devices. This would solve the “walled garden” for people who don’t want it and also encourage competition.
I doubt they’d go for that. I mean they’ve seen how it worked out for the Palestinians.
Not just allow installation, you need to force them to provide documentation for their hardware so people can write drivers and port their favourite OS.
Nope. And more countries will follow. The free ride is over.
idk what the digital marketa act is about, but apple doesn’t like it, is probably a good thing
The Digital Markets Act is an anti-monopoly law which defines “gatekeepers” with special more restrictive rules than other companies. It’s about shit like interoperability, consumer protection, fair competition, all that kind of unpleasant shit no big tech company actually wants to be burdened with. The worst part is, the fines can potentially have actual teeth, which is illegal obviously. I mean what will become of the world when you can actually deliver justice on companies, it’s the end of the world.
This is not completely on topic, but an interesting read on the DMA by f-droid.org that’s worth your time imho:
Google Developer Verification Policy and the DMA
F-Droid strongly aligns with many of the ideals of the DMA regarding ensuring user choice and privacy. For example:
- The DMA has provisions for ensuring third-party software applications or software application stores can be used: F-Droid has long been the premier way for privacy or free software focused users to install applications outside of the Google Play Store
- The DMA places limitations on how gatekeepers process personal data: F-Droid doesn’t even have accounts. We don’t track users at all. There is no personal data for us to process …
As someone who uses apple products I can wholeheartedly say to apple:
