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  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

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    Fidonet127 said:
    tlinn said:
    I will forever be grateful to the Europeans for forcing Apple to adopt USB-C. But the idea that Apple shouldn't be compensated for developing a platform that allows thousands of developers to make a living, or that the "fair" amount of compensation should be decided by developers seems ridiculous to me. Apple is not a charity, nor do they exist to be the world's R&D department. Much of what the Europeans are doing feels like protectionism.

    That said, there are plenty of examples where Apple disadvantages its own customers and stifles innovation—like forcing all browsers to use the same engine. This is where government action should focus. 
    There is no evidence that EU forced Apple to go USB-C as Apple was already heading there. Yes they put it into law, but the market was already forcing Apple to go USB-C. Due to timing, EU got the credit. 
    These statements are so telling: you all think the EU is all about Apple. Fact is, the EU doesn’t give a SHIT about Apple: the USB-C standardisation was about getting EVERYBODY to unify their charging. Apple was already headed there because they aren’t stupid and knew it was coming (and they probably talk regularly with the Commission), having sat out the horrific micro-USB suggestion. 

    The EU rightfully gets the credit for kicking everybody into supporting a single standard — they’d already been working with various manufacturers for a decade before Apple finally switched their iPhones, as well. 
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  • EU antitrust chief & Apple foe Margrethe Vestager out after 10 years

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    ssfe11 said:
    What a mess she created. She needed to be fired. 
    She wasn’t "fired". She was nominated for the position by the ruling coalition of her home country, and when the outcome of the latest elections in Denmark changed that coalition, a different party got to nominate a commissioner. 

    Representative democracy in action. This is how it works. 
    gatorguyronnmuthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondonLettuceNotSoMuchtechrider9secondkox2CheeseFreezemichelb76

  • Vestager is out

    sphericspheric
    As expected. 

    Representative democracy in action. 
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  • Apple-1 owned by Apple's first applications engineer sells for over $300,000

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    Editors: so underrated.
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  • Apple tweaking how default browsers are selected in EU

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    ssfe11 said:
    What a waste of time by the clueless EU. People realizing this thats why Vestager has been fired. 
    If she steps down, it will be because her party did poorly in the Danish elections, and the ruling party will more likely nominate the next candidate. 

    That's how representative democracy works. 

    (…and no, the reason her party did badly at home has zilch to do with Vestager.) 

    Some background for those actually interested: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/20/eu_competition_cop_depart/

    Oh, also, she did come under fire last year for hiring an American economist as chief competition economist, one of her team's top jobs. 
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/eu-vestager-is-under-fire-for-hiring-an-american-citizen.html
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