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I am in awe. Their cookie banners were consistently annoying but probably didn’t hurt any individual this much. If I were an EU resident I would probably learn

by rdl 1y ago

I am in awe. Their cookie banners were consistently annoying but probably didn’t hurt any individual this much. If I were an EU resident I would probably learn about “you can just do things” from this.

danielscrubs 1y ago
Might be a blessing in disguise, forcing EU members to learn languages, whilst non EU members watch one more hour of TV with that time given… Or they just become more inefficient… either way, it’s going to be fun to see the results.
bowsamic 1y ago
This is exactly what Apple want you to feel like
vruiz 1y ago
I am an EU resident and I'm about to cancel the APP3 order that I made. If Apple doesn't want to comply with the regulations that protect me(1) I'm not blaming the EU, I'm talking my money somewhere else. Actually this is the second time I'm frustrated by this, I was surprised to discover that iPhone Mirroring is also blocked. This is strike 2 for me, one more and I won't buy another Apple product. 1) the EU has a lot of stupid regulations but the DMA is not one of them
- garrettgarcia 1y ago
  How are they not complying with the regulation? This is what compliance looks like.
  - gamerdonkey 1y ago
    They are complying in the same way that the rich kid who keeps getting called out for using his hands on the football (soccer) field complies with the rules by taking his ball and going home.
  - vruiz 1y ago
    Only they know what they are afraid of. But seems obvious that a feature like that should also be available with third-party headphones, the translation happens in the phone, not the AirPods. There is no technical reason other than locking users into their products. I'm sure Apple would say that the experience would not be the same with other (lesser) headphones, and that damages the user experience, etc. Some people would believe that's the reason, but the EU won't and neither do I.

by rdl 1y ago

danielscrubs 1y ago

Might be a blessing in disguise, forcing EU members to learn languages, whilst non EU members watch one more hour of TV with that time given… Or they just become more inefficient… either way, it’s going to be fun to see the results.

bowsamic 1y ago

This is exactly what Apple want you to feel like

vruiz 1y ago

I am an EU resident and I'm about to cancel the APP3 order that I made. If Apple doesn't want to comply with the regulations that protect me(1) I'm not blaming the EU, I'm talking my money somewhere else. Actually this is the second time I'm frustrated by this, I was surprised to discover that iPhone Mirroring is also blocked. This is strike 2 for me, one more and I won't buy another Apple product. 1) the EU has a lot of stupid regulations but the DMA is not one of them

garrettgarcia 1y ago
How are they not complying with the regulation? This is what compliance looks like.
- gamerdonkey 1y ago
  They are complying in the same way that the rich kid who keeps getting called out for using his hands on the football (soccer) field complies with the rules by taking his ball and going home.
- vruiz 1y ago
  Only they know what they are afraid of. But seems obvious that a feature like that should also be available with third-party headphones, the translation happens in the phone, not the AirPods. There is no technical reason other than locking users into their products. I'm sure Apple would say that the experience would not be the same with other (lesser) headphones, and that damages the user experience, etc. Some people would believe that's the reason, but the EU won't and neither do I.