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  • Apple tells EU to forget about getting all the new iOS 26 features

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    lowededwookie said:
    I'd side with EU monopoly claims if the EU had companies that competed with Apple but they don't.
    That's not how laws work. 
    williamlondonihatescreennamesmuthuk_vanalingamstrongytiredskillswatto_cobra

  • Apple tells EU to forget about getting all the new iOS 26 features

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    anonymouse said:
    Apple should should just limit official sales of devices in the EU proper such that their number of official users drops to the point where they can no longer be saddled with "gatekeeper" status. There might be supply chain issues that force them to do this.  ;)
    You explain that to the shareholders, go ahead. 
    dewmenubus

  • Apple tells EU to forget about getting all the new iOS 26 features

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    sloth77 said:
    I voted Remain in the UK back in 2016.  But as an Apple user, I can't say hand-on-heart that I would do so now, with the shenanigans the EU is pulling with Apple.

    It is a shame, as some of the EU regulations have been decent - like the USB-C support.
    As noted, the UK has pretty exactly the same law — except that the U.S. has you by the balls if they want. If Tr*mp says „jump“ to open up the market, you don’t have a 300-million market to poker with until TACO. 

    Instead, you get tariff exemptions for fucking Rolls Royce. 

    Wooo. 
    dewmetiredskillswatto_cobra

  • Germany tells Apple to remove DeepSeek from the App Store

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    mentorsemblem said:
    When you repeat "user data" a million times, it completely loses its original meaning. Most users don’t actually care about data at all. Why should some unelected guy in a suit be the one making decisions for them?
    Welcome to Europe, where some things still have meaning. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Germany tells Apple to remove DeepSeek from the App Store

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    danox said:
    Hiding under a rock isn’t gonna make nuclear power or rare earths go away Germany, nor is it going to help you keep up with the United States or China when it comes to tech.
    Wait, didn’t Tr*mp have TikTok banned in the United States? 

    Repeatedly? 

    I mean, TACO means TikTok in the U.S. is now on their what — fifth? 90-day reprieve, but still… 

    Other countries just actually don’t chicken out all the time, is the only difference. 
    watto_cobra