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> The new EU stuff is opt-in. That’s quite absurd, no? "You can pick which terms you want, the ones where we follow the law, or the ones where we don’t. If you
by waffleiron 3y ago
> The new EU stuff is opt-in.
That’s quite absurd, no? "You can pick which terms you want, the ones where we follow the law, or the ones where we don’t. If you pick the ones where we don’t, it’s cheaper for you."
- turquoisevar 3y agoThe law calls for this choice, the law doesn’t prohibit Apple from offering their preferred option. That said, if you have a an article of the DMA that says otherwise, I’m all ears. It’s a bit hard for me to prove no such thing exists, other than to provide you with the full text of the DMA of course. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
- yellow_postit 3y agoIt does seem like malicious and petty compliance on Apples part. But that’s also the expected behavior of a corporation— so the EU just needs to keep up the rule making and clarification.