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Steve Troughton-Smith Jun 21, 2024

"iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing enhancements, and Apple Intelligence”

Apple's screen sharing being the only one with remote control is very clearly self-preferencing. iPhone Mirroring, though? Beats me. None of these actually hit upon DMA rules directly, so maybe Apple's just pulling out the dirty tricks to try to turn users against legislators. If they applied this imaginary criteria to all their existing software, they'd have to un-ship virtually everything
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Leon Cowle Jun 21, 2024

@stroughtonsmith This is a non-trolling reply (really). I support people in the EU's right to not be forced to pay Apple via either AppStore commissions or via the CTF. I really do. Get apps from alt stores with no fees to Apple. But then I also support Apple not shipping (certain?) features to the EU. You buy your iPhone and get what's on it at that time. Nothing more. No OS updates, new features, new APIs. Cut off iMessage. Cut off iCloud/CloudKit. Hide my Email. Private Relay. Etc. 1/2

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Leon Cowle

@stroughtonsmith Unless you pay for Apple One to get those services back. Like I said, I'm not trolling (I promise). I firmly hold the belief that there are a lot of ancillary services that Apple funds (to develop/run/support/maintain/distribute) that costs *ongoing* money (and lots of it) that a purchaser of an iPhone doesn't have an automatic right to ad infinitum *for free*. It'll be fascinating to see where this all lands in the longer term. 2/2