Javert24601

ClownAbuser said:

"The European Commission is forcing new rules on Apple -- and only Apple" - huh? Every Gatekeeper in EU has to abide by the rules. Apple thinks it is uniquely exempt from the law, so the EU worked with Apple, and competitors, to assist Apple to understand what it would need to do to comply. Whether or not Apple likes those rules, or whether Apple Insider likes those rules, is immaterial; if you want to do business in the EU, obey EU law. If I want to do business in the USA, I must obey US law - I'm sure even Mr Trump would agree. Why should Apple be above the law of 27 nations?

Apple only has 22-24% of the market in Europe.  Yet, the EU determined that it was a "gatekeeper".  The EU keeps shifting how the rules are defined and applied by the DMA, which had been a consistent complaint about that legislation even before it was enacted.  Apple is known to be a closed ecosystem, and it has never made a secret of that.  And, there is an alternate phone competitor, which actually does have the majority of the market.  Despite this, Apple has created these thousands of API's for outside companies to interface with its products whether it is because of benevolence or because of free market demands.  The EU hasn't "worked" with Apple; Apple has asked for clarification and replied as the article states, but the EIU has disregarded Apple's concerns, especially as they relate to privacy and proprietary technology.