Does this apply to PlayStations, Xbox, Nintendos, etc?
EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals
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#22I for one am excited at the prospect that I might be able to install Firefox with ublock origin on my iPhone.
You won't, because once Chrome becomes available it will kill every other browser vendor.
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#23EU should follow the EU's lead and open itself up in the name of openness and fairness. Instead, they're working to make it easier to expel immigrants.
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#24Current iOS browser situation is quite a joke. Recently they added possibility for other browsers to "Add page to Home Screen". But this shortcut later opens in Safari...
Indeed, it will be so great when web developers can just force everyone to use chrome.
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#25The Reuters article mentions a list of dos and donts but I couldn't easily find this after a quick search, does anyone know where it's available?
EDIT: I found it "What are the “dos and don'ts” for gatekeepers?" [0].
[0] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_...
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#26I don't understand if this is an ask or a demand backed by the power of the EU.
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#27Looking forward to a healthier background execution framework so apps other than iCloud / Apple Photos can offer a reliable sync experience.
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#28I guess iPhone will soon be as awesome and open as Android!
Apple would likely rather delete the code and stop releasing phones than do that.
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#29Everything? I don't understand from this article or it's links what this is actually about.
This is the actual quote from Breton, EU Commissioner for Internal Market:
> The next job for Apple and other Big Tech, under the DMA (Digital Markets Act) is to open up its gates to competitors, be it the electronic wallet, browsers or app stores, consumers using an Apple iPhone should be able to benefit from competitive services by a range of providers
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#30Does this apply to PlayStations, Xbox, Nintendos, etc?
There's always one like you.