Riley Testut Apr 24, 2025

I don’t know about y’all, but if I had to choose between the EU or the US government to root for right now…there is absolutely no way in hell I’m rooting for the US

Apple made their bed with a fascist, so now any win for Apple is a win for authoritarianism. Freedom! https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/white-house-hits-back-at-eu-fine/

White House Hits Back at Apple's Massive EU Fine

Apple's $570 million fine from the EU has triggered a sharp rebuke from the White House, which called the fine a form of economic extortion,...

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Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykApr 24, 2025
@rileytestut This all proves the fines are too small.
Show threadJonathan DechkoApr 24, 2025
@spitfire @rileytestut Per the latest @atpfm (and many others before), a fine is just a fee to do a thing.
Show threadRiley Testut Apr 24, 2025
@jdechko @spitfire @atpfm I don’t disagree, but I’m actually ok with the fine amount at this point in time. If the end goal is compliance, it’s better to start small and increase over time/work with Apple vs start at maximum fine IMO
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykApr 24, 2025
@rileytestut @jdechko @atpfm The thing is they don’t seem to be planning on cooperating. They’ve been getting signals their solution is not compliant, and now that they’ve got fined they are not saying „we disagree, but we’ll pay”, but they’re choosing to fight it instead.
Show threadRiley Testut 
@spitfire @jdechko @atpfm I doubt Apple would have put this much effort into everything they’ve already done if their goal isn’t to eventually comply. I’d be shocked if we didn’t see them announce changes within next few months based on this
Apr 24, 2025 at 11:36pmIvory for iOS
Show threadJonathan DechkoApr 25, 2025
@rileytestut @spitfire @atpfm That’s a really good point. They seem to have put a lot of effort into compliance in many areas. And I think the areas in which they don’t comply our areas where they’re opposed, and would still like to see some changes made by the EU
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykApr 25, 2025
@jdechko @rileytestut @atpfm I feel like they’ve made this much effort (which we still can call malicious noncompliance) to appear as if they were making an effort maybe hoping that will be enough, but more probably thinking they’ll do the rest with their lawyers and anti-EU PR. I doubt that’s going to work.