Is there an "or else?" Apple can't afford to just pack up and leave a market larger than the USA. While Apple has no particular interest in or loyalty to the past, without the EU Apple wouldn't have lived into this century.
If nothing else this shows the lack of leadership from Cook. Steve Jobs signed his name to corporate letters that appeared on the front page like “Thoughts on Flash” and “Thoughts on Music”
I don’t like that Apple feels emboldened to demand that laws be repealed. I don’t recall if Apple has done this in the past but it’s a shift in tone that makes me uncomfortable.
> “The DMA should be repealed while a more appropriate fit for purpose legislative instrument is put in place,” the iPhone maker said in its response to a routine call for feedback on the Digital Markets Act.
How is this "Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act" ?
> “The DMA should be repealed while a more appropriate fit for purpose legislative instrument is put in place”
> “Despite our concerns with the DMA, teams across Apple are spending thousands of hours to bring new features to the European Union while meeting the law’s requirements. But it’s become clear that we can’t solve every problem the DMA creates,” the company said.
The title of this article seems like sensationalized Clickbait, and I expect better from arstechnica.
As a US citizen, it'd be great to see the EU create its own digital economy, free itself of US hardware and software hegemony, and foster an environment for its denizens to out-create and revitalize the moribund state of the industry and the net. If there's a lack of resources, talent, or potential upsides standing in the way, I don't see it.
As for Apple, WTF gives a US company any right to demand anything from Europe? Chutzpa?
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 40.1 ms ] threadHow is this "Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act" ?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45381013
> “Despite our concerns with the DMA, teams across Apple are spending thousands of hours to bring new features to the European Union while meeting the law’s requirements. But it’s become clear that we can’t solve every problem the DMA creates,” the company said.
The title of this article seems like sensationalized Clickbait, and I expect better from arstechnica.
As for Apple, WTF gives a US company any right to demand anything from Europe? Chutzpa?