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New EU Law Could Force Apple to Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
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Macs are not as secure as iPhones.
One lesson learned by enterprises with PCs is to lock down the device to drive support costs down and security up.
in the EU, especially a lot in the UK most businesses have signs up saying we dont accept american expressEverything you just said is completely wrong.
I've been working in this industry for over 20 years. No I'm not some low level CSR.
Amex processing fees are in line with Visa/MC. Have been for over a decade.
You'd be hard pressed to find a company that didn't accept and an Amex card, short of merchant exclusivity agreements (Costco, Sam's Club, etc)
Debit card processing fees are actually higher.
Third party processors (Stripe, Square, etc.) are the one who usually set differentiated fees for card transactions.
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If this law actually comes to fruition, apple should just pull out of the EU entirely, imo. It would create a large black market for apple products across the entire continent. lol
I oppose these stupid nanny laws.
There is a fine line between regulating vs interfering. Right now the EU is interfering into aspects that they should not have control of. What happens if the EU say that all phones have to be foldable or all phones have to have a gov't controlled off switch? This much control will be abused at some point.
Yes, but today we don't have to since most developers are forced to be in the one App Store.
We don't want the developers to have any choice.
Yeah, the messaging components of this proposal are... weird. I'll bet they have to implement a host of changes to those rules once they start trying to implement them.
Does anyone in Europe really use iMessage enough to care about it? Surely only people with friends in America ever use iMessage 🤣
The very last thing I want in the world is to have to deal with 50 different app stores. My god. WHY??!? Where is the advantage for ME, the CONSUMER!?!?
Hell, why not just have each and every major corporation have its own App Store? Then you can try to keep up with all of that crap. Hard pass.
I benefit from it. I don't benefit when developers get more power since most developers are horrible human beings, or work for one.
I want developers to have as little freedom as possible and be forced to what Apple tells them to do.
No it’s not. I’m still on iPhone since it is closed and can’t be open by some toggle. This takes away my choice. If I want to side load I’ll get Android. Thanks. That is the choice here.
Owning a hospital can be about patient care. But you won’t see them operate for free.
That's not a choice for iPhone users who depend on iMessage etc. who also want to sideload... they have no choice.
Okay you left out the t and Fortnight is not where my head went the first time I read your comment... 😂
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Exactly! But it the exact opposite way you mean. Why force Apple to allow something that no one wants?
Ignoring your American stereotypes, I reject your framing that choices are only being added. They are also being taken away. The EU legislation is forcing Apple to abandon a business decision that makes them different from their competition without any clear consumer benefit.
Who is dependent on iMessage? I have no issues messaging Android users and they have no issue messaging me. SMS works.
I used to have a choice whether I wanted an open or closed ecosystem, and now the EU, where I don't even live, has decided that I can only have open ecosystems, mostly for the benefit of EU companies that want to make money from that ecosystem. A sad day if this ever goes that far, and I would definitely support a pullout of the EU by Apple.
Shame on the EU.
Shame on the EU.
It is the same thinking: If you do not like how something works, just go somewhere else! If you do not like how your boss treats you, switch the company! If you do not like the new mayor of your city, move to another city! If you do not like everything Apple does, move to Android!
A more productive way would be making changes instead of leaving and sometimes those changes have to be forced from a higher authority, because a single consumer does not have the power.
Imagine some food has unhealthy ingredients and other food does not. The consumer could still choose the healthy food, but the best for the consumer is if the EU forces all food companies to get rid of some ingredients that are very unhealthy. That way the consumer gets more options.
The EU also forced cell phone providers not to charge any money for incoming calls. In the US I can remember that I had to pay for an incoming call on my cellphone. Maybe there were also providers who did not charge for incoming calls, but if governments simply forbid charges for incoming calls, that maximises the options for the customer.
Let's take it to another level. Have you ever tried this?
LOL--not even sure what the purpose of that would be since you still can't use it while it's charging. But I guess it would be more fun to connect with 😉 . . . just needs a support for the rear of the mouse to reduce strain on the port.