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by arlcode 3y ago
That's probably to generalised since the EU is still a political entity with lots of lobbying from different sides. But in this case benefiting the general public is easy because it does not hit a European company ( production in China
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by arlcode 3y ago
In the best case they are learning that, due to their own behaviour, they are now sharing custody of the EU app store with an adminstrative bureocracy. But I suspect it'll take them more time until it fully sinks and until they are don
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by arlcode 3y ago
Fundamentally the DMA only applies to companies with revenue in the billions and at least 45 million end users (or 10k business users) in the EU. Startups have lots of room to grow before they hit those limits. (Whether other regulations ar
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by arlcode 3y ago
You are welcome. I think your question was reasonable although it sometimes can be difficult for us laypeople to correctly interpret laws and the context in which they apply. NB: I would also recommend everyone read the recitals (aka explen
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by arlcode 3y ago
I am NOT a lawyer or a court. but I would read Article 6 (7) and (12) as such. "7. The gatekeeper shall allow providers of services and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purpos
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by arlcode 3y ago
In a post DMA world they are forcing themselves to do business with Epic. Their restrictions are the only reason why Epic can do what they are doing. If a developer account was not necessary to publish anything on iOS no one would care. Tim
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by arlcode 3y ago
Yes I should have limited my comment to VW, Cupra and Seat(?)
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by arlcode 3y ago
In part Europe thew answer for the first is "all of them". (And yes that works. I recently finished a 2k+ road trip in Germany and had no issues at all. Plug and charge worked flawlessly on every DC fast charger I visited. AC cha
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by arlcode 3y ago
Just my own thought but I believe they were under immense pressure to achieve similar (or even some) margins with their very first broad market BEV, as they are getting with comparable ICE models. As a car the MEB siblings are not bad at al
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by arlcode 3y ago
I ultimately decided against an MEB based model because the (steering wheel) UX felt almost unusable during my test drive. I partcularily struggeled with the cruise control swipe-click and hilariously the window switch. The car i ultimately
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by arlcode 3y ago
Never having driven a Tesla, I'm legitimately curious how much of a difference the infotainment makes. The onboard system of my Chinese BEV is not great to be honest (rest of the car works well) but it has Android Auto so it navigates
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by arlcode 3y ago
Since their only job is to make their shareholders as much money as possible the (potentical) cost of noncompliance must outweigh the cost of compliance. It's silly to expect anything else. Trying to make a profit is a really powerful
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by arlcode 3y ago
I can see that as a requirement allowed to maintain customer security. And Spotify is already obligated by european law to allow easy cancling. If apple requires them to use an api to pass "basic techincal compliance" (they could
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by arlcode 3y ago
I'm not the OP but I sure do think they do. Once you get in a market domineering position your liabilites and duties to society increase and your ability to make unlimited profit decreases. The more central your product is the more you
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by arlcode 3y ago
I mean the tone of their initial press release anouncing "compliance" was borderline unprofessional (in global company PR speak terms) and sounded at time like a pertulent teenager fuming about that "unfair" teacher. I&#
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by arlcode 3y ago
It won't lead to a fine directly but it might result in enforcement action to bring them closer to what the law intended. I seriously doubt that their ultimate approach was "cleared" with regulators because it's quite bl
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by arlcode 3y ago
The basic of concept how such a thing is powered (electricity) is so far removed from anything people did in ancient times that it would be hard to get them to understand that neither gods nor magic are invovled. Smart "intellectual&qu
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by arlcode 3y ago
Sure but even without factoring in additional factors like unions and labour laws that is solely a question of negotiating a deal between an employer and an employee. Getting a significant raise is not unheard of, in particular when switchi
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by arlcode 3y ago
It may be a good choice if it is your local ccTLD, your country is fairly stable and your customers are fine with it. For example .de is the perfect choice if you are a German company servicing primarily the German market.
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by arlcode 3y ago
It's quite interesting how in his "pitch video" (and presumably in his defense now) he disavows any responsibility or initiative of his own and puts all of it on "god". Presumably he knows that this will appeal to t
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by arlcode 3y ago
Even non-technical people understand that Big Tech is mostly foreign and under the laws of a country where at least one of the presidential candidates is promising a worse relationship with Europe. The EU currently experiences a shift towar
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by arlcode 3y ago
I guess we will see whether the European regulator and courts agree I suspect they won't because the DMA pretty explicitly doesn't.
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by arlcode 3y ago
On first glance, the browser stuff is mostly fine and seems to be motivated by security and UX concerns. In the end it's not a big impact on apples revenue if some people run chrome or Firefox. The store part on the other hand is reall
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by arlcode 3y ago
EU laws do come with a lot of written intent besides the actual articles. If you read any EU directive (like the DMA) it'll start with a bunch of recitals that explain the intent and background of the law. Sometimes these are longer th
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by arlcode 3y ago
Not true at all. No law like the DMA passes without the approval of parliament and the council of member states. In fact, all the details are hashed out between these two bodies with little to no say from the commission. BTW: The way the co
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by arlcode 3y ago
Apples has several revenue streams: - They sell hardware and licensed software to consumers. Within the law they may ask for money for feature updates. - They also charge developers for access to their tools and access to their store front
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by arlcode 3y ago
And it's a CYA against shareholder lawsuits. If they give in "without a fight" by following the spirit of the law (or even the letter) they will use a lot of income. Companies are not our friends (not our enemies either) and
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by arlcode 3y ago
How else are they gonna obligate developers to pay the core fee then. Once tooling catches up, in theory, developers don't have a contractual relationship with apple anymore, except to get notarized. The devices belong to the users app
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by arlcode 3y ago
They'll put that as a requirement to get notarized ans spin some yarn how that is required to maintain "basic security". I hope the EU will put an end to that real quick.
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by arlcode 3y ago
Now that weems only enforceable through notarization and the DMA clearly states that this is not allowed. (They'll argue that this fee is required to keep the platform save which is obviously bullshit)

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