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Apple cannot "pull out" of the Netherlands by just not selling in the country. Dutch people can order phones from Belgium or elsewhere in the EU, and Apple will
by sangnoir 5y ago
Apple cannot "pull out" of the Netherlands by just not selling in the country. Dutch people can order phones from Belgium or elsewhere in the EU, and Apple will still be legally on the hook.
- scarface74 5y agoHow is Apple legally on the hook for a product that they don’t sell in a given country? How are the Dutch going to come after Apple if they don’t have a presence in the country?
- sangnoir 5y agoThe same way Attorneys General from midwestern states can sue coastal tech firms with no offices there: jurisdiction over where the users being harmed are. > How are the Dutch going to come after Apple if they don’t have a presence in the country? The EU is a single market, for good or for ill.
- scarface74 5y agoApple actively sells devices in every state. It accepts credit card users from every state. If I only sold a physical product in GA and someone from Texas bought it and took it home. They could only sue me in GA under GA laws. The US is also a “single market”. But each state has its own laws.
- sangnoir 5y agoThere's also federal law. The AGs may not be (directly) involved - but there's an umbrella jurisdiction for consumers to get satisfaction. Just like the EU.
- gruez 5y ago>Dutch people can order phones from Belgium or elsewhere in the EU, and Apple will still be legally on the hook. Okay, so they'll have iPhones brick themselves (or disable all third party purchases) if location services detect they're within the netherlands.
- sangnoir 5y agoThat will run afoul of EU consumer protection laws, Dutch citizens are also EU citizens.