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”
John Gruber@stroughtonsmith Good luck to the EU breaking up a US company.
Alfonso Betancort@gruber @stroughtonsmith They don't need to break it, just kicking it from Ireland and Malta –both, EU members– would enormously raise Apple's worldwide tax. That ought to hurt.
@abetancort @stroughtonsmith Somehow I think the good people of Ireland might object to that.
@gruber @stroughtonsmith Would not bet on that, EU legislative and executive arms are long and work in mysterious ways.