ericthehalfbee

CheeseFreeze said:

It's baffling to see the constant Apple-defenders on AppleInsider. Apple can't do wrong. Apple is magic, Apple is god, Apple is great.

And when you click on the same topics on MacRumors.com for example, a much more balanced, neutral view on the topic can be found in the comments.
Sometimes I think half of this forum is made up of Tim Cook bots.

Liar. AppleInsider is fair. MCaRumors is a known anti-Apple site disguised as a fan site. The fact you can’t see this tells me all I need to know about you.

Apple won’t pull out of EU countries.

They’ll fight this obviously discriminatory law that appears to be worded specifically to target certain companies, not certain behaviors. 

My takeaway?

Bunch of ducking idiots I blocked are really pissed and hope Apple somehow loses, while trying to justify the EU position with the flimsiest of arguments.

Soap-on-a-rope is going be be massively disappointed when Apple prevails. Just like they did in the Irish tax case, and that had a better shot at succeeding than this obviously discriminatory bill.

TheObannonFile said:

Can’t this be handled with flick of a switch to make everyone happy? Have a setting in Settings > App Store “Allow Sideloading”. Have it switched off by default.  If a user switches it on, they can side load. Everyone wins, and nobody is forced to do something they don’t want to.

It also said that the report was based on "unsubstantiated allegations and hypothetical concerns" raised by "self-serving complaints" from a number of rivals, such as Facebook, Spotify, Match, Epic Games, and Microsoft.