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If you believe in democracy then you would know that the buck stops with us, the citizens, or to be more specific, with our democratically elected officials. Ap

• carlosjobim 3y ago
  It's kind of a long stretch that this has to do with democracy. Rather you could argue that it is the sovereignty of the EU against foreign businesses. Fine, EU regulators of course have the right do whatever they want and see for how long foreign businesses take it. A little racket, a little pay-to-play. But why not just go with a straight up higher importation tax on the devices if they look with such envy at the money? That's how other nations do it. But international trade goes both ways and the EU is just as dependent on exporting their own goods and services. The antitrust case could just as easily be made against Spotify, seeing that they are a dominant actor in their field and squeeze the artists much worse than Apple squeezes them. But in my opinion, artists can choose freely if they want to be on Spotify or not, just like Spotify can choose freely if they want to be on iOS or not. Or Spotify can actually manufacture and sell their own devices to consumers. That was exactly what started Apple's success. A portable music player.