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The other way to look at it - China's regulators give Apple explicit instructions, vs Europe complaining that things weren't done in the 'spirit' of the request

• talldayo 3y ago
  The Digital Market Act isn't a request, it's a law. Apple knows they aren't acting in the spirit of the law because they issued a press release about how bad it was for them and then re-tailored their transaction policy so it could continue to hamstring small businesses and open distribution. They are in conscious, open rebellion against the explicit demands of Europe's regulators; nobody would have invented a Core Technology Fee if this weren't true. From yet another perspective, all censorship is bad whether it's implicit or explicit. If Apple spends money fighting and lobbying against market protections while caving into surveillance demands abroad, it says a lot about the "spirit" in which they interpret legislation.