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  • Apple appeals against EU mandate that it freely share its technology

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    avon b7 said:
    rob53 said:
    Apple owns its products not the EU. The EU has no right to dictate to Apple how its products operate. As I’ve said before, the EU has every right to build their own platforms but it’s obvious they don’t have the ability or talent to design and manufacture anything people, including those in EU countries, want. It’s time to boycott everything made in the EU but I’m not so sure there’s actually anything they make I really want. 
    The EU has every right to level playing fields and counter consumer harm and the stifling of innovation.

    That has long been the case. 

    In the 'digital' world, the same ideas are applicable but new laws were needed specifically for the kind of cases explained here. 

    Do you remember the world pre-pdf?

    Interoperability is key to the points mentioned above and for progress. 

    Mechanisms will have to be created and perfected but technology has the tendency to outpace legislation so these situations will persist until things get settled. 

    This isn't an Apple thing. 

    It's a EU thing! ICT carriers were forced to open up their technologies years ago and share their resources to a degree. 

    This isn't like the US where for as long as I can remember (and for all I know, may still be the case) your place of residence was a limiting factor to which carriers you could choose from.

    I can opt for a virtual carrier which will use the infrastructure of one of the bigger players. That allows for competition to exist. 

    Left to its own devices, Apple does not allow for competition to exist. We know this and this is precisely why it is being forced to open up in certain areas (and not only the EU). 

    Of course, Apple is free to pull out of the EU. So is Google and Meta et al. Will they? Nope because, as you seem unwilling to contemplate, any pull-out would be met with very swift movements to fill any gaps. 

    You personally, may well be able to get by without EU products, but what would Apple's current supply chain do without ASML? 
    The EU is pretty big right? Right. So why don't they just develop their own phone? Problem solved and this way Spotify can stop whining all the time too. They already have the chip company ARM (who Apple licenses technology from). It seem all they do is try and sipher money from U.S companies or lessen the security on iOS or Android.

    I like Tim Cook but this is where Steve Jobs would kindly tell the E.U to f*ck off. He wouldn't be scared to pull Apple products from the E.U including the many stores that provide thousands if not tens of thousands of jobs in the E.U. 

    If Apple stopped selling iOS products the E.U how pissed do you think the consumers would be? 
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