Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead"

https://lemmy.world/post/15563179

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" - Lemmy.World

To this articles question on why apple should care about EUs 500 million citizens when they have trillions of Dollars. Well given that the USA only has 333 millions I would say they should care a lot.

As of the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Americas held around 41 percent of the revenue, whereas Europe came in second with roughly over 26.5 percent.

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As the second largest revenue generator, Europe has a powerful voice.

Apple sales share by country/region 2012-2024 | Statista

The Americas region accounted for the largest share of Apple’s revenue in terms of geographical distribution.

Statista
The EU is only one chunk of Apple’s “Europe” segment, which is defined as “European countries, as well as India, the Middle East and Africa.”
I’d heard Apple Maps was bad, but I didn’t know it was that bad.