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  • Android iMessage app Beeper mini isn't working, and Apple probably killed it

    rorschachairorschachai
    22july2013 said:
    Some people want free services from Apple. Beeper, Epic, EU, etc. One possible solution is for Apple to start charging for its free services.
    Until the EU bureaucrats declare it anticompetitive for Apple to charge for services on other devices that it offers for free on its own. Never mind, of course, that the cost is offset by the money Apple makes from you buying their devices.
    williamlondonAnilu_777

  • Apple tweaking how default browsers are selected in EU

    rorschachairorschachai
    Maybe Apple should just let people install Android and be done with it.
    williamlondon

  • Apple still hasn't made Dutch App Store changes despite $28M in fines

    rorschachairorschachai
    KTR said:

    I personally thin apple should close down the Netherlands store, till all this is sorted out.

    Let them use web apps. Then they can use any payment system they want and don't have to pay Apple a cent for any of it. Isn't that what they want?
    KTRradarthekataderutterDetnator

  • French publishers ask Tim Cook to abandon forthcoming Web Eraser

    rorschachairorschachai
    "Besides the extremely short notice period and the lack of detailed and verified information on this new feature," says the letter, "it raises numerous questions, particularly concerning legal and editorial responsibilities that Apple has still not responded to."
    Why would Apple respond to a question about something they literally haven’t even announced? One website posted a rumor and these people are jumping the gun to attack Apple. Even if it happens, we have no idea how it will work. Not to mention, there will be months of beta testing that is specifically to get feedback.

    At any rate, I control what gets downloaded to my device. Ads are malware vectors; ad blocking is a security measure. Even the FBI recommends using them now.  
    lam92103timpetuswatto_cobra

  • Epic vs. Apple: What Apple is being forced to do to the App Store

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    Allow side loading and kick Spotify et al off the App Store. If alternate stores are allowed like the EU, there will be no argument that Apple can’t enforce rules for its own store since there will be choice. Let the freeloaders fend for themselves.
    dv8oraderutterteejay2012neoncatDynamiteDonaldwatto_cobra

  • Apple's Core Technology Fee at the center of EU's first DMA violation investigation

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    gatorguy said:
    phillyfanatic09 said:
    gatorguy said:
    phillyfanatic09 said:
    Again, the EU is saying Apple needs to allow competitors free access to its technology and platform. At fines of a billion dollars a day, Apple would be better off abandoning the EU market. At tough pill but the EU seems determined to have a PC style market for smart phones where all manufacturers pretty much offer the same devices and services and there’s little innovation or profit.
    Why? There's little chance of Apple losing customers for its AppStore. What percentage of app buyers will even consider third-party stores? Based on Google Play, which has had to deal with "not-Google" app stores for years, not many. Maybe in the low single digits. So throw away 97% of the revenues because that can't have that other 3%, too. Something about cutting off your nose comes to mind. 
    It will come down to the actual fines that are imposed and survive appeals. But no company will do business in an environment where it can’t make money and where accepting the terms imposed by regulators threatens its core business practices. By making the fines extreme, the EU has created this situation.

    We are already seeing Apple delaying implementation of Apple Intelligence in the EU over the DMA; as AI becomes increasingly integrated into Apple’s ecosystem, with older devices aging out, this will be another issue that will need to be resolved.
    Parts of it are delayed worldwide since Apple already said it would initially be restricted to US English. "Because of DMA" may or may not be true when Apple has the pieces in play to move into other regions. But that's not this year, DMA or not.  
    I suppose we’ll find out when it is actually released, but if AI is gated by physical location, that would point to the DMA being at least part of the delay. If it's purely the language, switching the device region/language should unlock it like with other features.
    watto_cobra