Cameron L. Mitchell
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Alphabet, Apple and Meta were told by European Union regulators on Monday that they were under investigation for a range of potential violations of the region’s new competition law
#EuropeanUnion #Apple #Meta #Alphabet
08:23 AM - Mar 25, 2024
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Bruno and Augie’s Dad
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In response to Cameron L. Mitchell.
I’m torn here. Government needs to regulate how software turns into utility-like services, and obviously needs to monitor bad actors. But when govt tries to interfere with hardware development, it nearly always backfires. Eg, forcing Apple to use USB-C is a temp victory that is stifling the next gen
08:33 AM - Mar 25, 2024
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Sabine
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In response to Bruno and Augie’s Dad.
the European point of view is focussed much more on consumers than on corporations. There are snags in this approach, but I like that better than the other way round.
12:36 PM - Mar 25, 2024
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Bruno and Augie’s Dad
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Respectfully disagree. The EU way is to be anti-corporation w/o showing that their policies benefit consumers.

Apple had to shelve its next gen Lightning, which would have exceeded USB-C specs, because the EU, not consumers, demanded uniformity. How does stifling innovation help customers?
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05:55 PM - Mar 25, 2024
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Sabine
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In response to Bruno and Augie’s Dad.
IMO standardization is a prime example of policies that benefit the wider public. No one came up with this idea out of the thin air, there was a demand for it because the by far biggest share of the public (which you obvs don´t belong 😃) doesn´t want to be bothered with dozens of plug varieties.
06:42 PM - Mar 25, 2024
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LD Jones
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In response to Sabine.
All the apple people I know were happy about this, and laughed about drawers full of outdated apple chargers
07:02 PM - Mar 25, 2024 (Edited)
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