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Seems like the message is, sure we lost our case against the EU so we have be more open on the platform/store, but we're just going to ban any developers who ev
by CatWChainsaw 3y ago
Seems like the message is, sure we lost our case against the EU so we have be more open on the platform/store, but we're just going to ban any developers who even try to take advantage of that. I suppose they're leveraging their duopoly/luxury positions to give everyone the finger. And once again I'm glad I have nothing to do with the Apple ecosystem.
- dilap 3y agoThey really seem to be making a mockery of the EU regs here. Will the EU respond quickly and forcefully, or (essentially) admit that Apple is too big to regulate?
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoIMO, little column A, little column B. EU is good about bringing lawsuits, but because of how law works, judgments are delayed, appealed, reduced, etc. Eye-watering fines are watered down and don't end up meaning much. Viewing the Big Tech names as nation-states by virtue of the sheer power they hold cuts through a lot of BS when people wonder why they do any action that might seem mind-boggling. It's because they think they can get away with doing it, and how often are they proven wrong?
- dilap 3y agoTurns out it was all column A. https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1765793776692326891 https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1765793776692326891 So, good on the EU. And what the heck are Apple thinking?
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoAgain, IMO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39645538 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39645538 "I never give any Big Tech with nation-state influence the benefit of the doubt. This is a legal/PR stress test. They failed this one, but they won't fail others."