Steve Troughton-Smith"We have a number of Apple issues. I find them very serious, I was very surprised that we would have such suspicions of Apple being noncompliant”
"This is not what we expected of such a company”
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112640420132181098
Paraphrased: we're not just mad, but we're also disappointed 😛
Me too, EU. Me too.
From later in the interview, specifically re questions on Apple’s Core Technology Fee:
“We have a toolbox of fines, of doubling fines, of potential breakup of companies”
"We have a very strong toolbox to ‘punish’”
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"I expected [noncompliance] cases… I'm a bit surprised we have so many cases, so soon, and with more in the pipeline”
“Not only will we be enforcing it, but it will be a top priority”
“The thing is that it's difficult to make good legislation, but if it's only on paper, you should have saved yourself the trouble”
"It's only when you enforce that you change the world, because then you change behavior”
dmitriidI wish they had the same approach with GDPR, too. Enforcement is lacking, and the industry is openly laughing in their face
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉@stroughtonsmith @gruber it is difficult because what they want and what they can put “on paper” are different - putting on paper what they want would backfire across various trade agreements.
Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)@Migueldeicaza @stroughtonsmith @gruber Can you elaborate? Is "they" the EU? What do they want that they can't put on paper?
@uliwitness @stroughtonsmith @gruber yes. What they can’t put on paper are thing that would go against the wto rules. So they need to dance around the issue.