Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU

If that happens, then the demand is big enough that companies would import millions of iPhones from other regions and sell them in the EU.

For warranty service, the company would ship the phones back to the original country where Apple sold them.

Then, if that causes Apple too much trouble, then Apple would have to detect that the phone had been spending most of the time in the EU, and refuse to provide free servicing under warranty.

That’s an interesting can of worms for Apple.

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dansmith1919 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Tech behemoth attempts to blackmail an entire continent. In other news: the sky remains blue.

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1718627440 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This alone should have some consequences. Blackmailing done by a person is a criminal matter.

	▲	Zak 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Blackmail, formally extortion or coercion is a crime only when specific kinds of threats (which may vary by jurisdiction) are used to compel someone's behavior. Threatening to stop offering certain products or services in jurisdictions with unfavorable regulatory environments doesn't meet those criteria in any jurisdiction I'm aware of. European car companies often have models that can't profitably be brought into compliance with USA regulations, and they're just not sold in the USA. Apple can almost certainly comply with EU regulations while remaining profitable in that market; they're just making a fuss because they don't like the regulations and they hope to get the public on their side.