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[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yay! Please stick with this, EU! I hope this spreads globally. 🥂

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I honestly don’t get it. It’s their product. Why are entire countries getting involved in how they design and distribute their own IP?

[–] DrunkRobotMan@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is in the public interest to regulate companies. This is the best tool we have to promote a healthy market with fair competition, and to ensure companies make safe products that aligns with the public interest.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps instead of watering down one company, maybe all the others should be inspired to make better quality products that can compete with them.

Because- and this is only my opinion, allowing governments to control how a company manages their IP is a slippery slope to go down.

[–] DrunkRobotMan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But what if a company is too powerful and has an unfair advantage in the market?

For example: Say a company is able to make excellent ear buds – the best in the market. Apple obviously doesn't want to loose out on AirPods profit, so they then decide to deliberately make it a poor user experience to use other ear buds on Macs and Iphones. Now it is impossible for better ear buds to compete with AirPods because Apple abuses an unfair market advantage. Furthermore, this heavily decentivices other companies from even entering the market.

I see your point about the dangers of allowing governments to overregulate companies, but it is also dangerous to let companies freely do whatever they want. Share holders will happily screw over consumers and society for a tiny increase in profit.

In my opinion, right now there exists too many unhealthy markets – especially in technology – and I would like to see more regulations akin to what EU is doing. US is dropping the ball hard on this one.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I get what you’re saying, and while I don’t have a better solution to offer- I just know that the solution they’re offering now is a bad idea. It’s opening the doors to govt/nation controlled IP.

And that is bad for everyone.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 142 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I have no doubt the EU won't have much mercy for American corporations going* forward.

My phone REALLY wants me to type gong. Gong gong gong gong gong.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

When apple announced messaging would be cross platform nobody else adopted it. Any idea why?

Oh yeah one reason: Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU (2024)

[–] ledix@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

In the eu literally nobody is using iMessage, so it doesn't fall under dma laws.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 107 points 1 week ago

bro be like

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[–] Jehuty@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hopefully this actually leads to something lasting, but I don't have high hopes considering how Europe is getting dragged atm

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean the EU made them allow app stores but Apple made a complete mockery of them by requiring their rubber stamp and charging "only" 27% fee and the EU is just letting them get away with that so yeah, I have little faith.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There isn't really any getting away with. If what Apple does is within the law then the EU can't prevent it. I'm sure somebody is looking into preventing Apple from doing it, but propper legislation takes time.

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Maybe Nintendo, Sony and MS will be next?

I want a 3rd party store on all my consoles, why can’t I?

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[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 week ago

Finally. We all about to see better prices and more features. If this ends in lower app store fees, its a massive win for every app company in the world!

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Most every major company tries to build a walled garden. Apple does so via apps and services, services like netflix do by making sure you can’t watch shows on any other service (arr!), or even something as simple as cordless tools that have proprietary batteries and chargers where it gets really expensive to have to buy different batteries.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Destroys their entire business model 😂

[–] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 64 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Their entire business model has been to focus on systems that lock people in and exclude people who are out. None of this is done for security or as a means for the best possible customer experience. It's done for the sole purpose of forcing income they couldn't achieve with innovation alone. I've heard so many tech reviewers and even my own personal friends who say they would love to switch if only to try something else. They say they'd switch today if their friends, family and coworkers wouldn't get mad at them. Apples only real innovation over the past ten years has been built in social pressure.

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[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well, they did get them to switch to USB-C, so I'm not holding my breath, but I do hope that this will lead to more interoperability. I'm tired of Apple making Android/non-Apple users feel like second-class citizens.

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[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I was so hyped when the EU pressured Apple into allowing external software on Apple devices.

Apple killed that hype making the change EU only, problem is I’m encapsulated in the walled garden with an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Air Tags, HomePods.

Thinking of getting a second phone Android based to partially-escape the garden but if I ditch my iPhone all hell will break loose network wise.

[–] JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

ditch the homepod and don't replace it with any other spyware, and replace the rest as needed.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

ditch the homepod and don't replace it with any other spyware

Family has gotten use to the HomePod being around, makes simple things like settings timers for cooking or other related task a bit easier.

And yeah, I’m aware it’s spyware. I wanted a “smart-home” and essentially landed on Apple products.

[–] cute_noker@feddit.dk 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What is homepod? Like Amazon Alexa?

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

yeah, and if you want something that doesn't spy on you your only real option is home assistant.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Home assistant is great and apart from voice recognition, its infinitely more powerful than any corporate home automation product. Voice is tough to do locally and on low powered hardware, but its getting there.

they have something that claims to be able to do it, I haven't personally verified it, but generic on device voice recognition has gotten pretty decent.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 days ago

The funny thing is I would have joined the ecosystem this year if that change made it out of eu

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