@kaidu @rzeta0 @Ombligoelemento @EUCommission I admit in markets so concentrated is really hard to vote with your wallet. But you still can. I don’t plan on buy an iPhone until the choice of models is released. I also plan to vote on the European Parliament next opportunity.

@timsev @kaidu @rzeta0 @Ombligoelemento @EUCommission not buy an iPhone until they release the model choice.

At least that’s what I’m planning to do

@afx @danieldk @EUCommission since when does. A government want to protect their people? I’m suspicious of both!

@danieldk @EUCommission they both are. In the end I’m left with less choice

@Germo @EUCommission

Apple IS a dictatorship, I agree. Every private company is a dictatorship, we can dislike that but that’s the reality of the world.

The way we bend private companies is by voting with our wallets, choosing competitors products. That’s where the free market becomes king, becomes it bends dictatorships (private companies) to the people’s will.

@Javensbukan @richlv @EUCommission the invisible hand of the market is not good enough of its own. Regulation is needed in markets where competition is scarce, I agree. I just disagree in this level of regulation on this market, I think it end up hurting more than helping.

But that balance is hard to get right, it fluctuates and not everyone thinks the same, so I’m pushing for what I think is right in this case.

Also radial tires? Is there a better choice? I have no idea! Tell me more!

@mr_harm @richlv @EUCommission fair enough yes, they should be held to the law. I just think that should not be a law, at least not at this extent. That’s what I’m advocating for here. Just as I will advocate to apple to do the right thing for their customers and offer them choice.

From my point of view they’re both wrong Apple should offer it because the market demands it and the government bodies should not meddle so much.

@samueljohnson @EUCommission and that squat in doing, lobbying for deregulation.

@phillip @rzeta0 @EUCommission they absolutely are.

I HATE how Apple is managing the App Store, it’s the most greedy-corporate asshole thing they do.

Just because I’m defending apple against the EU on the DMA means they’re doing things right in other aspects. Don’t get me wrong.

The difference I see here is that apple is a private company, does not need to have a free market marketplace if they don’t want to. It’s wrong and stupid, but it’s their choice to do so.

@tevo @danieldk @EUCommission according to them, for iPhone mirroring, they say that the EU regulators will ask them to also offer that for android.

And they “can’t” offer it to android.

The DMA requires paltform marked as marketplaces to offer the same apis they use to competitors, and that’s the rule they’re fighting with.

They say it’s privacy, but there’s a big “competitive advantage” component to it

@birkenator @danieldk @EUCommission oh no doubt about it. Half of their motivation (if not all of it) is to trap you in their garden to make more money from you.

@richlv @mr_harm @EUCommission You know what? i'll do so, and they won't reply most likely.

But maybe, if enough people end up writing like me, they will have an announcement on their next WWDC just as apologetic as they were about liquid glass this time.

because the backlash did make them revert those changes.

And in this case, they're should offer the choice to the user, yes.

But I much rather see them do it because people complained, and not because they forced to by a regulatory body.

@samueljohnson @EUCommission that's a different thing.

By not wearing masks you're endangering other people, so you might end up harming society. Personal freedom ends where other people get affected, and that should be regulated, as minimally as necessary.

@richlv @Javensbukan @EUCommission But Apple should be allowed to offer their limited product as they want it, and if people don't like they won't buy it. I'm not a fan of the idea of the EU forcing any company to sell something they don’t want to sell

@Javensbukan @EUCommission I think the choices should be left to the market demand. If people demand a product where they want to feel "more protected" they should have that option.

(not that Apple not offering more choices is "protecting" anything much anyway)

@david @EUCommission I agree, the spirit of the regulation is good. but In the end, the reality of the matter is that both Apple and the EU want to "protect" me, and I end up without the features I want. Let me be an adult, I can take care of myself and make my own choices.

@rzeta0 @phillip @EUCommission that's a better use of their time, totally agree.

@leeloo @lumi @EUCommission I disagree on that solution, but I'm no expert on that

@mr_harm @EUCommission I think they want both of those things.

In the garden you're protected, in the garden you give them all your money. Of course they're self interested

@mr_harm @EUCommission I agree that some markets require regulations, don't get me wrong. I just think in this case it's a little bit overstepping, but we can differ on that.