EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
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#2> Make messaging, voice-calling, and video-calling services interoperable with third-party services upon request.
I hope this means WhatsApp will be somewhat interoperable with equivalent messaging platforms. But I suppose this is just designed to target iMessage. Or have I misunderstood?
> Ensure that all apps are uninstallable.
Finally I will be able to uninstall Microsoft Edge.
Re: EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
#3Terrible news.
Re: EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
#4I'm personally happy to stay inside Apple's ecosystem, but believe that everyone should have the option to choose. This looks like good news, a step in the direction of being more in control of the devices we buy.
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#5This is huge. Forcing Apple to allow app side-loading, third-party payments, etc is going to wrest away control of the iOS ecosystem (and eat pretty heavily into their revenues [1]
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/apple-implies-it-generated-r...
I hope some of these regulations spill over into the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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#6Happy that I might be able to install something else than Safari. I want the Gecko engine on iOS. Sad that being in UK probably means we'll ignore it because "Brexit." I got a text the other day telling me that, since we've left the EU, roaming charges are back. Hurray!
Without making this about politics, this is a great step forward. Still unsure how Apple & co. will make their proprietary video and messaging platforms "interoperable". I doubt they'll be writing an RFC any time soon.
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#7Terrible news.
No, it's good news! No more forced crappy webkit browser engine in iOS. The other things can be added in a secure fashion as well. Sideloading doesn't need to be wild west. macOS also makes it possible with certificates etc. Messanger interop is also nice, when done right: basically would need a shared standard like the web that is done by a messaging consortium like the W3.
Re: EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
#8This is huge. Forcing Apple to allow app side-loading, third-party payments, etc is going to wrest away control of the iOS ecosystem (and eat pretty heavily into their revenues [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/apple-implies-it-generated-r... I hope some of these regulations spill over into the U.S. and the rest of the world.
I wonder if it would make more financial sense for Apple to withdraw from EU market, rather than complying.
The numbers for 2021 are pretty much in line:
$89B - Apple sales in Europe (including some non-EU countries, most notably UK)
$85B - Apple AppStore revenue worldwide.
The question is: which one has more potential for growth.
Re: EU approves legislation to regulate Apple, Google, Meta, and other tech firms
#9This is huge. Forcing Apple to allow app side-loading, third-party payments, etc is going to wrest away control of the iOS ecosystem (and eat pretty heavily into their revenues [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/apple-implies-it-generated-r... I hope some of these regulations spill over into the U.S. and the rest of the world.
I wonder if it would make more financial sense for Apple to withdraw from EU market, rather than complying. The numbers for 2021 are pretty much in line: $89B - Apple sales in Europe (including some non-EU countries, most notably UK) $85B - Apple AppStore revenue worldwide. The question is: which one has more potential for growth.
I don't think so. The EU market is pretty huge and financially strong. Maybe they will only allow sideloading and payment freedom for the EU with special iOS builds.
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#10Oh wow, that's quite a list. I wonder if any of it will end up having retroactive effects because
> Ensure that all apps are uninstallable.
I REALLY want to remove some of this junk Samsung forced on my phone (while omitting screen record on this model.)