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avon b7 said: As for their being nothing in the DMA against Apple imposing a 27% commission on transactions outside its realm, I'd argue that there doesn't need to be, as the whole point was to stimulate competition and Apple taking a cut from everywhere there is app related business going on flies directly in the face of that so I doubt it will pass the sniff test again. 

A link isn't "outside its realm". It's in the app just like IAP. The links are largely pointless anyway. Spotify never needed them. Netflix never needed them. Amazon Kindle never needed them. Those are all mainstream consumer apps. Mainstream consumers knew they could search the internet for company web sites and purchase things on the internet through their iPhone.

avon b7 said: There is definitely consumer harm: Anti-steering.

Anti-steering has always been flimsy in regards to consumer harm and the EU knows it. According to Spotify's own timetoplayfair web site, their preferred method for customers to sign up for premium subscriptions was to have them go to Spotify's web site and pay. They didn't have any links in the app to accomplish that. That's because an iPhone provides multiple other avenues for users to get information about Spotify's apps/services/subscriptions other than inside the app or inside the App Store. You can do a web search or browse the internet.You can use social media apps. You can get emails, texts and direct messaging. An iPhone is a communication device and communication isn't limited to apps or the App Store. 

"Apple certainly has a contentious relationship with Spotify, for example. In 2019, Spotify complained of being in the App Store due to Apple's fee for apps."

Spotify only used in-app purchases in the App Store from June 2014 thru May 2016 according to their own timetoplayfair.com site.  Apple Music launched in late June of 2015 which means there was a single year where Spotify raised their price to $12.99 due to the 30% commission. According to Spotify, the only reason they ever tried using IAP was because Apple "pressured" them to do it. So Spotify preferred their customers to pay via the internet regardless. That's what they were doing prior to June 2014 and after May 2016.

LOL...emulators. That doesn't seem like the economic boon the EU was looking for. 

I haven't had any issues with APFS drives. I've got one SSD connected via a monitor and two HDDs that are connected directly to my Mac.