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Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 days ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Apple has called for the European Commission to repeal a swathe of technology legislation, warning that unless it is amended the company could stop shipping some products and services to the 27-country bloc.

The Silicon Valley company hit out in a submission to the commission’s review of the three-year-old anti-monopoly legislation, which is intended to regulate the gatekeeper power of the largest digital companies including search engines, app providers and messaging services.

It said it had already delayed the launch of features such as live translation through AirPods and mirroring iPhone screens on to laptop because of the act’s demands for interoperability with non-Apple products and services.

“The DMA means the list of delayed features in the EU will probably get longer, and our EU users’ experience on Apple products will fall further behind,” it said. Apple added that Brussels was creating unfair competition as the rules were not applied to Samsung, the largest smartphone provider in the EU.

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apple sold well over $10 billion worth of Iphones in the EU in 2024, but rather than deal with the annoyance of EU regulation they're just going to take their ball and go home.

They must think EU regulators are imbeciles.

[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or they think the people in the EU will do mass protests if they don’t get their product— forcing the regulators hands; maybe because of what happened with tiktok in Nepal— missing the nuance of the political and economic factors there however.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And Apple shareholders will revolt if Apple revenues drop by $10 billion because they're having a tantrum. I hope EU regulators call Apple's bluff. The U.S. is a corporate hellscape, the EU doesn't have to be.