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The EU has said they’re going to fast track the enforcement of these. Apple lawyers, simply, fucked up. They lost so much good will with developers over this,

The EU has said they’re going to fast track the enforcement of these. Apple lawyers, simply, fucked up. They lost so much good will with developers over this, have lost any goodwill with negotiations with EU, and are now going to have to speedrun compliance. I’ve dealt with lawyers like this before in various company situations. They are sometimes really, really stupid. Not always, but it happened often enough to be terrifying.

bevekspldnw 3y ago
I’ve worked on this very issue, and what happens is the lawyers lay out a menu of options and consequences of each. This was Cook’s call, and hubris is guiding him.
- mattlondon 3y ago
  I am unsure about hubris, but I can totally see it as a "That does not align with our long-term strategy" and it getting rejected. Perhaps there was some "But we're apple! We are a luxury aspirational brand! We shouldn't have to lower ourselves to this" in the traditional reality-distortion-field of thinking they are somehow special or above the rules that everyone else has to deal with. I'll admit is kinda fund to imagine that, but hey :)
  - tivert 3y ago
    > I am unsure about hubris, but I can totally see it as a "That does not align with our long-term strategy" and it getting rejected. It's pretty hubristic to see that that law does not align with their long-term strategy, and then choose noncompliance with the law.
- ksec 3y ago
  >This was Cook’s call, and hubris is guiding him. It is obvious Tim Cook is doing what ever he can to protect their services revenue. And lack the intuition Steve jobs has.
iSnow 3y ago
Usually, a company does have reasons to play hard ball with authorities, but I fail to understand what it could be in this case. Apple hoping for a far-right Republican presidency that would create a trade war with the EU?
- DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
  > Apple hoping for a far-right Republican presidency that would create a trade war with the EU? That's the concerning thing...

bevekspldnw 3y ago

I’ve worked on this very issue, and what happens is the lawyers lay out a menu of options and consequences of each. This was Cook’s call, and hubris is guiding him.

mattlondon 3y ago
I am unsure about hubris, but I can totally see it as a "That does not align with our long-term strategy" and it getting rejected. Perhaps there was some "But we're apple! We are a luxury aspirational brand! We shouldn't have to lower ourselves to this" in the traditional reality-distortion-field of thinking they are somehow special or above the rules that everyone else has to deal with. I'll admit is kinda fund to imagine that, but hey :)
- tivert 3y ago
  > I am unsure about hubris, but I can totally see it as a "That does not align with our long-term strategy" and it getting rejected. It's pretty hubristic to see that that law does not align with their long-term strategy, and then choose noncompliance with the law.
ksec 3y ago
>This was Cook’s call, and hubris is guiding him. It is obvious Tim Cook is doing what ever he can to protect their services revenue. And lack the intuition Steve jobs has.

iSnow 3y ago

Usually, a company does have reasons to play hard ball with authorities, but I fail to understand what it could be in this case. Apple hoping for a far-right Republican presidency that would create a trade war with the EU?

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
> Apple hoping for a far-right Republican presidency that would create a trade war with the EU? That's the concerning thing...