Indeed. They will not allow Ireland to compete with other EU countries with regard to taxes and forces Ireland to increase it taxes.
The EU itself promotes anti competitive practices.
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iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Tech Rules
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Indeed. They will not allow Ireland to compete with other EU countries with regard to taxes and forces Ireland to increase it taxes.
The EU itself promotes anti competitive practices.
this doesn't hurt the platform in any way. it hurts the profitability of the platform, which doesn't affect users like you or me.
Forcing iPad to be more than an iPhone Big Chungus edition by law?
Pardoning iPad from its "What's a computer?" lifetime jail sentence?
For me:
I genuinely might get a new one this year. This is amazing. I know I'm going to love it.
Pardoning iPad from its "What's a computer?" lifetime jail sentence?
For me:
I genuinely might get a new one this year. This is amazing. I know I'm going to love it.
EU out here pretending like you can play Nintendo games on an Xbox
Yesss. It was pretty annoying that the new freedom only applied to iphones and that apple, given the choice, chose to make it ******** and more fragmented for their users as long as they could. It's especially good to have more choices on ipadOS - maybe it helps to realize the potential of the platform better and accelerates the up until now very sluggish rate of innovation. Probably even a good thing for Apple in the end.
Also looking forward to devices getting end-user-replaceable batteries again.
Also looking forward to devices getting end-user-replaceable batteries again.
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Told them the EU the new CEO of Apple they didn’t believe me
Read the DMA and point to the rules that was changed. It’s fully within the rules
now is the perfect time to ditch iPadOS in favor of macOS. iPad will work so much smoother if both used the same macOS.
The DMA has two alternatives for being designated a gatekeeper.
There is the quantitive threshold for IPhone was hard to dispute for Apple which is why the accepted it from the start.
There is however also a qualitative assessment which European Commission has now done in regards of the IPad.
They here find this:
- Apple's business user numbers exceeded the quantitative threshold elevenfold, while its end user numbers were close to the threshold and are predicted to rise in the near future.
- End users are locked-in to iPadOS. Apple leverages its large ecosystem to disincentivise end users from switching to other operating systems for tablets.
- Business users are locked-in to iPadOS because of its large and commercially attractive user base, and its importance for certain use cases, such as gaming apps.
Is Apple no longer a profit-driven business?
The reason the iPad has a: “commercially attractive user base” is because of their closed ecosystem. Breaking that unique feature will no longer make it “attractive” to users. 
What's next, forcing them to make it run android ?
In 2021, Apple generated more than 80 billion dollars in net sales within Europe. This was the latest data I could find without having to open an account or login to websites.
If they pull out of Europe that’s a significant hit to their bottom line and I’m sure shareholders won’t be happy.
as someone who is in the EU (and for every other million reasons, happy to be in the EU) i wish my ipad wasnt. the freedom in the EU to have to either pay for the privilege of installing another app store (or faff round like its 1990s with my iphone plugged into my mac) just to download an app that americans get for free from the app store. wow.
In an increasingly pro-consumer, pro right-to-repair, anti-planned obsolescence, pro lowering CO2 emissions, etc., etc., aware EU population, I think it'll be close to impossible to find any politician or party promising to lobby against consumer rights and against increasing competition in our consumer electronics and digital markets.
If you find any then I wouldn't expect to see them fighting against your interests openly. It would be one of those "fight for the future billionaire version of yourself that you'll totally become if we lower taxes for the wealthiest now" type of parties.
Do we even have those in the EU?
Your best bets would be to start your own anti consumer rights, pro monopoly grassroots organization or something like that.
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June 6 2024 you can vote. I for one thanking the EU for usbc on the iPhone and indirectly making sure you can now use emulators (yes also in the App Store now, but who are you kidding if you really think Apple would have allowed it otherwise?).
I’ve largely given up on the iPad. Microsoft’s Surface lineup is more capable. There are compromises, but I really need something with a bash terminal, and WSL delivers.
What a surprise! Go ahead EU, milk those ”evil corporations” ’til nothings left!
I generally support the EU; on the whole it's been a good thing. But when it comes to tech it's completely clueless, i.e. USB-C (fragile, inferior) enforcement, GDPR cookie annoyances, virus stores, Apple shakedowns.
The rules haven't been changed...
We do have those, they just aren't popular, probably primarily because the EU doesn't allow lobbying on the same scale as it happens in the USA. The EUs legislation systems are much more focused on consensus, that in combination with stricter lobbying regulation and campaign financing laws results in EU politics being much less influenced by corporations.
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I don't get why its so hard to understand why some of us wants to install whatever iOS app some developer have written, on the device that we have already paid Apple for. People are talking here as if Apple paid us to use the device.
We paid for the device. We want to do what we want with the device we paid. We like the look and feel of the hardware and the OS, why we bought it. Doesn't mean we want to pay for prison guards to barr us from doing what we want with said hardware and OS.
Its not quantum physics, why is it so hard to understand?
We paid for the device. We want to do what we want with the device we paid. We like the look and feel of the hardware and the OS, why we bought it. Doesn't mean we want to pay for prison guards to barr us from doing what we want with said hardware and OS.
Its not quantum physics, why is it so hard to understand?
This looks like a strawman argument. The discussion is not about playing Nintendo games or Xbox or vice versa.