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  • EU's latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive

    akaoscarakaoscar
    nubus said:
    barthrh said:
    Really, Apple and Google should just tell the EU to piss off and buy Nokia phones running Symbian.
    Google is compliant and so is Amazon. Companies can't limit sales to part of the EU Single Market.

    Why do we keep getting the same kind of articles and reactions on everything EU?
    Would be nice if those not getting the Single Market or EU did a bit of reading before hitting the keyboard.

    the single market eu is a beatifull dream that is far from reality, the different states are more moving in the other direction, as mentioned before the eu isn't in anyway working towards a single vat, dividing more than getting together. the uk totally went out, austria, denmarken, germany and holland rebuilded their borders, how do you mean single market? (Amazon is blocking sales based on location, I don't know about google and I'm not sure that telling the eu to piss off is a solution to the problem)
    JanNLtmay

  • EU's latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive

    akaoscarakaoscar
    the weird thing is, Since July 1, 2021, European consumers must pay VAT in the country where they reside (the destination country), rather than in the country where the item is sold. This change is part of new EU e-commerce VAT rules, aimed at creating a level playing field among European and non-European businesses and simplifying VAT remittance across EU borders.
    And that was the end of one apple app store for the whole of europe where everyone in europe could buy every app available in europe.
    Apple, and a lot of other companies, went to great lenght to acommodate the EU by splitting up their stores and companies to local versions and some didn't and from then on only sell to people in the country their firm is based.

    Word in there is a 'schengen' agreement bringing the eu countries together but reality is europe is more devided than ever and more pulling apart than together

    this step however might be a step in the right direction but, as others mentioned as well, needs a lot of work from the eu itself, normalize the VAT situation and (also mentioned before) do something about geolocking of contentproviders.
    JanNL