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★ Apple on the Digital Markets Act
https://daringfireball.net/2025/09/apple_on_the_digital_markets_act

Apple on the Digital Markets Act

How in the world would that increase competition? iOS’s unique and exclusive features — which, yes, in many cases, are exclusive to the Apple device ecosystem — *are competition*.

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Thomas P. Moonis Sep 26

@daringfireball Um, Apple is maliciously complying and withholding features in the EU, and then releases a paper that boils down to "look what the DMA made us do to European users" and you're calling them correct?

It's not time to repeal the DMA, it's time to strengthen it by barring Apple from region-locking these features. They are apparently not feeling compelled enough.

You 👏 have 👏 to 👏 open 👏 up 👏 your 👏 OS 👏 in 👏 Europe.

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Lumpenpro

@MisterMoo @daringfireball
Apple isn’t being asked to “open up” the OS. They are tasked with creating a new ecosystem that can only be brought to the EU if all competitors can be supported at the same time with the new features.
It begs the question of what the DMA is actually trying to do and if the current scheme is a reasonable way to do it.
Apples complaints that EU feature sets will lag behind are self serving at best.
When Chinese iPhone users are unable to access maps with accurate labels for Taiwan or Hong Kong - everyone understands the feature set is frozen.
Europe insists on accommodating only those new features that do not tend towards brand “lock in”.
It’s a shame really.