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avon b7 said:

AllM said:

avon b7 said:

teejay2012 said:

The EU Commission is 'bound' to hear all complaints... thereby ensuring that they will be employed forever, as the complaints from the Ek's and Sweeney's will be just that.. forever. Frankly the bureaucracy that has become the EU is mind boggling.

If you've read through the text of the DSA/DMA you would quickly realise that sitting back and doing nothing to reign in the control gatekeepers would be mind boggling. 

Spotify, and literally anybody, can file complaints. Some of them may lead to formal investigations.

As for compliance, well, as we can see from this process, that is yet to be determined, which in itself, blows a huge hole in the arguments of some people who insisted that Apple had complied simply because the 7th March had gone by without protests from the EU. 

The comments stated here from Apple legal are standard fare with claims of values (which are never detailed) and compliance but followed up with pure fluff like the consumer experience etc.

As I've said a few times already. We just have to wait and see now. 

I still don’t understand why you keep stickin’ up for them politicians. They are mostly shortsighted, technologically illiterate, and only ever care about lining their pockets. 

I don't stick up for anyone. LOL. 

I can be very critical of policitians like, for example, anyone involved with Brexit, or those doing nothing to clean up UK rivers, or even my local policitians who once shut down a local welfare centre providing free meals to the needy during the month of August arguing there wasn't enough in the budget to cover operating costs while at the same time spending a quarter of a million euros on some sculptures for the beach. 

There are good and bad politicians. There are good and bad decisions but, mostly, the EU has worked to benefit its citizens. The results are visible. 

I'm writing this from a train sitting next to a giant sign explaining how much EU money was used to install an ATP system on my stretch of line. The air I breathe is cleaner thanks to EU regulations. I will be taking in a Rowenta heater (now in its third year) for repair under warranty next week. The parts needed for that repair will be available for at least 10 years. All thanks to the EU. For this heater in particular, parts will be available for 15 years. 

If it ever needs to be repaired again and out of warranty the price has to be fair (again, thanks to the EU). Today that is a 26€ repair if I choose to go for a flat fee repair. 

Last year I had to go for an emergency consultation on what turned out to be a torn retina. I ended up with argon laser shots to shore things up. All free. 

The seawater that I swim in is tested daily and reports are posted weekly on display boards at the beach. Those are EU regulations. 

I have micro, mini, temporary and fixed green points available to me for recycling e-waste (or any other waste that isn't organic, paper, glass, plastic...) . If I buy a large electrical appliance, the seller has to take the old one away if I have no other plans for it. All for free. 

They are all the result of political decisions. 

Most of the EU directives impacting Apple have been around for years. The DMA/DSA are simply efforts to bring legislation into line with current reality. 

There is another big directive in the pipe concerning how long products should last but Apple can take a breather here. The first industry to be impacted by that will be the textile industry.