Kierkegaarden

How ironic.  The answer that this person provided is a “stunning declaration” of how anti-US tech the EU is. They realize that no real tech innovation comes out of the EU, which is embarrassing for them, so they instead want to push and regulate the US tech companies that want to operate within the EU. It seems to me what whatever Apple does, the EU will have a problem with it. They need to back off.

Interesting.  I think other companies are utilizing camera images for analyzing medical samples — would be very useful for quicker diagnoses.

coolfactor said:

I hope that Apple sticks to this. As a matter of principle.

Apple Intelligence will be so deeply integrated, but they must be building it in such a way where it can be disabled regionally. Interesting. Will VPNs trick it?

If not, maybe this is an opportunity for a developer to create a VPN that allows for this functionality.  If the EU wants to continue passing laws without understanding the technology, workarounds could be the solution. 

netrox said:

chasm said: 

The EU has the right to create regulations as they see fit. Apple has the right to not include some features that would be compromised by EU mandates in the EU.

This is not a problem. One or more market and/or political forces will act to resolve this conflict, though that may take some time.

 

I understand that but it won't end well. I am fed up with EU mandating that we see "cookie warning" every damn i visit a website and it's entirely the fault of EU's lack of understanding on cookies. 

Absolutely — me too!  I was in Greece recently, and the cookie pages that came up were incredibly annoying and some were so complex that it was comical.  Why on earth do EU citizens put up with this insanity?  It felt like I was transported back to the 90s.

I find it very hard to believe that Apple is deliberately ignoring laws pertaining of operating their business in the EU — that would just be bad for business.  They must have an argument for doing what they’re doing, which begs the question — aren’t the parties communicating?  Why does this EU knucklehead comment through the media about this instead of speaking directly to the company representative?  If they have a problem with the “core technology fee”, maybe they need to redraft their ridiculous DMA.  Because why should Apple be providing all of the services they offer to developers for free.  If the EU wants to complicate things further, my guess is that Apple will end up charging per API use, amongst the other services — none of which will be better for developers.  Welcome to the EU:  where innovation goes to die.