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notrealyme123 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Please make it not ad hominem. That gets old quite quickly.

If the facts are clear please show them. Show the fact that the EU made the decision to not have this feature instead of apple.

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urda 5 days ago | parent [-]

> Show the fact that the EU made the decision to not have this feature instead of apple.

It is thanks to EU regulations, which are literal facts in front of us. That’s why the feature isn’t shipped in the EU, because of EU’s own choices. At this point it’s clear you’d rather ignore that, so no reason to keep engaging. One last time: this is on the EU, not Apple.

	▲	preisschild 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> One last time: this is on the EU, not Apple. No, its on Apple, for being anti-competitive.
	▲	notrealyme123 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I can't follow the line of your argument here. You state that I am ignoring the facts, and you counter with an tautology? Sorry but thats just fighting with dirty arguments. You can proof me wrong very easily: Look up the Regulations and check where they disallows such a product on the market. If it's written there then I am wrong and I will take the loss.

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LinXitoW 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Which facts? Do you have some facts that explain why Apple did this move? Because all the facts I know of paint a picture of Apple throwing a massive tantrum at any kind of consumer protection rulings they might be subject to. They would ABSOLUTELY make their products worse in the EU to make uninformed voters and consumerist victims blame the very government agencies protecting them.

This feature happens on the phone, not the AirPods. There is no reason at all why this shouldn't be available in the EU, except the consumer friendly need to provide the API for the feature to other device manufacturers.

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urda 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

One last time: this is on the EU, not Apple. The feature works everywhere else. You’re mixing up feelings with facts, and it shows in this rant. Take a breather.

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yoavm 5 days ago | parent [-]

This is because Apple doesn't want to compete in a way that is considered fair in the EU. Fortunately we don't let companies set the rules here.

	▲	urda 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		You’re free to have that feeling but that’s not the facts.

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tokioyoyo 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Like I agree it’s anti-competitive, but it’s not Apple that’s making it illegal in Europe.

It’s alike Chinese cars that are being made and used everywhere, but cannot be imported to US because of huge tariffs that was put by the government. So it’s the government that’s blocking the citizens from the access to the product.