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Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming to European Union at Launch Due to DMA (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Due to the regulatory uncertainties brought about by the Digital Markets Act, we do not believe that we will be able to roll out three of these [new] features -- iPhone Mirroring, SharePlay Screen Sharing enhancements, and Apple Intelligence -- to our EU users this year.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

But what does that matter when the platform has plenty of competition? This is what doesn’t make sense to me. Google chose to allow other app stores. That’s a feature of the platform. Apple chose to not allow sideloading or other app stores, again, as a feature.

Who is forcing people to use Apple devices?

Why doesn’t this extend to other platforms like Nintendo or PlayStation whose stores are explicit features of the platforms?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

No one is forcing people to use Apple devices. That's not what this is about.

It's about other services trying to reach potential customers that happen to be using an iPhone. Spotify has to go through the App Store if they want to reach any customers on the second largest mobile platform. And Apple themselves have a lot of advantages concerning integrating their own music streaming service into the OS while Spotify is limited by the rules Apple sets, including taking 30% of any subscription made through the App Store.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

The anti-competitive behaviour implied in a walled-garden starts once that flagship product is bought.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Apple chose to not allow sideloading or other app stores, again, as a feature.

Ok, so maybe some cars decide not to offer seatbelts as a feature. Oh wait, they can’t, because that’s dumb.

Not having a feature that helps consumers is not a feature. When Apple prevents people from repairing their phones, that’s not a feature. When they prevent consumers from loading their own apps on their own device that they bought, that’s not a feature! It’s comically anti-competitive and bad for everyone.