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  • Apple insists to EU antitrust regulators that it runs five App Stores, not one

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    JustimAthlon said:
    ctt_zh said:
    rob53 said:

    As for anything the EU does, it's time they quit trying to run another country's product line. I'm sorry but anything related to current computers and operating systems rarely is created in EU countries anymore. Sure, you can find a few high tech companies in the EU but not as many as before and nowhere near as many as in the USA.
    It's not where a product is created that is important here, it's simply whether or not a product is sold in the EU that matters to the EU regulators. Doesn't matter if the product is created in America, Japan, China, Vietnam, the EU, wherever... the number of high tech companies in Europe compared to America is completely irrelevant.
    It does matter where the product is created though. Why should someone literally on the other side of the planet have any say about what I do? They are trying to force their views upon us. Look, I think it’s fine that they want things a certain way. I’m cool with that, but they aren’t doing that. They are forcing a company that isn’t in their area of control to do something that they shouldn’t have to deal with. They should have done this 20 years ago if it meant that much to them. Same with the whole usb-c thing. “Trying to save landfills from e-waste.” Created a decades worth of e-waste from literally every country all around the planet. Good job at stopping waste, because usb-c will totally be around in a decade and it’s going to take that long to stop the lightning cables from being around. It’s stupid. You want to stop waste? This is where you stop it. Stopping the EU from doing stupid stuff. They got away with the ridiculous waste of usb-c, now you want them to run app stores? There will be many more power hungry server farms now. So, more e-waste, more power hungry server farms that use coal for power. Good job EU!
    The EU has a say because Apple sells their products there.  Governments have the power to regulate stuff being sold in their borders.

    if Apple doesn’t want to comply, they’re absolutely free to stop selling all products in the EU and there’s nothing they’d be able to do about it then.

    On the flip side, do you also think the U.S. shouldn’t be able to regulate products from other countries that are being sold in the U.S.?

    I mean, the counterfeit AirPods are fine in China, so why is the U.S. interfering with the sale of them?
    nubuselijahgmuthuk_vanalingam

  • To help win an iPhone antitrust suit, Apple is again demanding commission data from Valve

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    Even if the commission rate is identical the crucial difference is that no one is forced to use Steam… they choose to because they prefer it.

    People are forced to use the App Store and no alternative is allowed.
    elijahgavon b7

  • Apple insists to EU antitrust regulators that it runs five App Stores, not one

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    caskey said:  The more correct analogy would be to say they were like a GameStop. They sell games for X Box PlayStation and Nintendo…different platforms, but it’s still one marketplace.
    It's not like GameStop. The Mac App Store only sells Mac versions of games. The iPhone App Store only sells iPhone versions of games. Etc. 

    And if you buy a Mac, Apple doesn't give you an iPhone/iPad/ATV/Watch along with it. You buy all those things separately. 
    Then why can I buy a game on iOS and get the same game on macOS for no extra charge?

    The Mac App Store absolutely sells you iOS apps, it’s just up to the developer if they don’t want to.
    What difference does that make? You bought the iOS version on iOS. You're not buying the Mac version on your iPhone and vice versa. If I bought an Xbox Series X game that gave me access to a free download of the same game on Steam for Windows PC that doesn't really mean that Microsoft Store/Steam are the same thing. 
    Xbox and Steam are entirely different stores run by different companies, but the Windows Store and Xbox store can to an extent be considered the same store.

    They don’t offer all of the same content, but the billing is unified, and many games are available as a single purchase for both Xbox and Windows via means of the single store.

    The same is true for Steam… you buy something once, and you can download all compatible versions on any of the supported platforms, but that doesn’t mean Valve is operating three separate stores… just because a developer doesn’t offer a compatible version (or in the case of the App Store, tick a box) doesn’t mean it isn’t the same store.
    elijahg

  • DOJ files antitrust lawsuit against Google's search business

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    So when will the lawsuit against Apple for their antitrust activities be filed?