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Does anybody else think that the EU is going to jump on Apple eventually the same way they jumped on Microsoft and browsers and make Apple provide a way for use
by adaml_623 15y ago
Does anybody else think that the EU is going to jump on Apple eventually the same way they jumped on Microsoft and browsers and make Apple provide a way for users to select which storage provider they want to use?
- adaml_623 15y agoOr legistlate to allow it so that 3rd party hardware/software products can connect to the Cloud?
- cph1 15y agoI certainly hope so.
- a2tech 15y agoThey might try-but why would Apple let them? They can just take their ball and go home. I couldn't find any hard numbers but a few articles I found were claiming that European sales make up less than 11% of total Apple sales.
- pavlov 15y agoThat makes sense in a world where losing billions of dollars of revenue is preferable to adding an API. The EU has a population of over 500 million. Apple's presence in Europe involves much more than selling computers and gadgets. If they actually were to retreat because of some squabble with the EU Commission, they'd also be abandoning dozens of telecom operators with whom they have iPhone deals, tens of thousands of developers who make things for the iOS and Mac platform, and millions of consumers who buy digital content from iTunes... Leaving all that on the table in this extremely competitive market would be nothing short of madness.