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It feels like there is an almost unprofessional level of snark in the way this is written. I assume Apple is banking on consumers siding with them on it but I h
by zmmmmm 3y ago
It feels like there is an almost unprofessional level of snark in the way this is written. I assume Apple is banking on consumers siding with them on it but I have to wonder about the wisdom of doing that. The EU seems to be very unafraid to take on big tech, and i wouldn't want to be the company that triggers them to decide to make example to deter future malicious compliance.
- elevatedastalt 3y agoEU governments love to take on big tech, but does it reflect in the actual populace?
- beejiu 3y ago> but does it reflect in the actual populace? Does that matter?
- elevatedastalt 3y agoYes, because the comment I replied to was talking about the consumers (aka the populace. > I assume Apple is _banking on consumers siding with them_ on it but I have to wonder about the wisdom of doing that
- izacus 3y agoYes. The populace votes and supports this widely.
- rvba 3y agoYes. Apart from getting things cheaper, there are multiple reasons from country to country (people prefer to not share private data, generic dislike for big tech, pirate party)
- kachnuv_ocasek 3y agoMostly yes.
- munk-a 3y agoI'm jealous as hell of the EU citizens that get such good protections. I'm sure it's a mixed bag like everywhere but my experience with activity tracking is that a lot of people do aggressively refuse tracking when given the choice... so I'd imagine other tech regulations have similar participation.
- riffraff 3y agoI've yet to encounter anyone who cheers for Big tech in the EU, so I guess yes. People complain about many of the commission initiatives, but seldom when they tackle anti competitive behavior (even tho they lost a few times).
- Barrin92 3y agospeaking as only one EU citizen but echoing what I'm pretty confident is a widely held sentiment, yes we're tired of having the rules of our digital spaces dictated to us by big tech and the times where companies can act like feudal fiefdoms is coming to an end, hopefully quickly.
- arlcode 3y agoEven non-technical people understand that Big Tech is mostly foreign and under the laws of a country where at least one of the presidential candidates is promising a worse relationship with Europe. The EU currently experiences a shift towards nationalistic and populist parties and that doesn't help big tech either. Apple and Google are known as tax dodgers. In addition there are also people who understand the technical and economical details.
- atlas_hugged 3y agoAlmost unprofessional? Hahaha You’re being very generous.
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- lynguist 3y agoHow salty it is, it is like 1999’s Microsoft. The monopolist uses all dishonorable tactics of the book. We could have so much more if those monopolists weren’t so good at lobbying their will against all ours.
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