Daring FireballJun 21, 2024
★ The EU Is Reaping What It Sows With the DMA: Uncertainty
https://daringfireball.net/2024/06/eu_reaping_what_it_sows
The EU Is Reaping What It Sows With the DMA: Uncertainty

This is not spite. Spite would be saying these features will never come to the EU while the DMA remains in place. But a delayed rollout is the only rational response to the DMA: extreme caution in the face of the law’s by-design uncertainty and severe penalties.

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Show threadJosh Calvetti ⛰Jun 21, 2024
@daringfireball cmon man, the DMA doesn't even cover macOS. This is Apple spreading FUD in the hopes that it gets people riled up. You can argue "they don't know" but it's not like they're gonna get a brand new category dropped on their head.
Show threadCoxiecoxJun 21, 2024
@joshcalvetti @daringfireball The EU decided to add iPad even though it didn’t meet their stated criteria & iPhone mirroring could be seen as a feature of iOS
Show threadJosh Calvetti ⛰Jun 21, 2024

@coxiecox if you think the iPad isn’t an extension of the iPhone I’ve got a bridge to sell you

(Regardless, the AI stuff has nothing to do with mobile and Apple’s withholding that as a bludgeon)

Show threadCoxiecoxJun 22, 2024
@joshcalvetti The AI stuff in iOS 18 for iPhone 15 Pro? I don’t define platforms, that would be, um, the EU. Maybe they’d be interested in this bridge of yours.
Show threadJosh Calvetti ⛰Jun 22, 2024
@coxiecox the AI stuff that runs on the past 4 years of Mac releases, as opposed to just the 9 month old iPhone (and only the pro variant at that)
Show threadCoxiecoxJun 22, 2024
@joshcalvetti And you think only being available on the most recent pro models (plus presumably the iPhone 16 range) would make it exempt from the DMA?
Show threadJosh Calvetti ⛰Jun 22, 2024

@coxiecox what? No, I’m saying the fact that they’re refusing to bring any of this stuff to the Mac, which has way more model options available, is Apple intentionally muddying the waters to gain public sentiment.

The DMA doesn’t affect Mac computers, and truly, there’s no path for it to do so right now. The iPhone *may* be uncertain, and Apple— which historically has separated each platform for the sake of regulation— is now acting like it can’t do anything with the Mac either.

Show threadCoxiecox
Ah, so they could bring the IA stuff just to the Mac in the EU. I mean I guess. Their statement seems geared to iOS so we’ll see.
But I don’t get the argument that Apple maliciously withholds features to gain public sentiment. Looking at the response to this it clearly doesn’t. What do people think Apple’s plan is here, public march on Brussels with placards demanding iPhone mirroring and the powers that be then decide to tear up the DMA? I think Apple is genuinely worried about being fined.
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