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They 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 claimin
by a2tech 15y ago
They 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.