> "or else?"

"Or else" is already happening. MacOS and IOS have fewer features in EU than USA. IPhone screen mirroring is not available in EU for example. All regulations have cost and legal risks. At some point it may not worth it financially.

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sigilis 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

“Do this or else we’ll make our products less attractive by not making an effort to comply with your law” does not seem like a really compelling “or else”.

iPhone mirroring was cute when I first tried it, but now when I click on a notification on my laptop and it tries to open the mirroring application I am annoyed. It’s the tiniest version of my phone and takes a while to come up, if it doesn’t fail for some reason. I should turn it off.

The other features they mention aren’t very compelling. I’m in the Netherlands now with a US Apple account so I can use them, but don’t care to.

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heavyset_go 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

These are the same companies that go out of their way to appease the demands of the CCP so they have access to the Chinese market.

It's a bit wild to suggest the mildest of regulation is going to make abandoning a market of 700m people "worth it" lol

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abduhl 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Apple has a vested interest in maintaining a presence in the Chinese market because that is where a large portion of its supply chain exists. It isn’t appeasing the CCP because Chinese users, it is because of Chinese manufacturers.

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SpicyLemonZest 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Chinese government does not ask for public input on their regulatory decisions, and I’m sure Apple would have similar comments if they did. They can’t be happy the iPhone Air is delayed in China.

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heavyset_go 12 hours ago | parent [-]

There's a difference between giving public input and suggesting a trillion dollar company will pull out of one of the largest markets in the world over milquetoast regulation.

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matheusmoreira 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Simple. Make a law saying their products cannot be different than what they offer in other countries. Frame it as discrimination against europeans or something. Either give europeans something as good as what's sold world wide or get fined billions.

Corporations love giving consumers their "take it or leave it" deals. You either accept their long list of abusive "terms and conditions" in their entirety or you get nothing. So give them one of those deals. Either submit completely or lose the entire european market. No negotiation.

They lawyers can't figure out how to comply with the rules? Literally who cares? They are worth trillions of dollars. Their problems don't matter to anyone.

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betaby 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Simple. Make a law saying their products cannot be different. Frame it as discrimination against europeans or something.

Same can be said by the USA to EU car maker. Make BMW the same in EU and the USA, by adhering to the US law of course. No half measures.

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matheusmoreira 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Are european car companies intentionally making cars meant for the US market worse to punish attempts at regulation?

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		Probably? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

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nozzlegear 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Either submit completely or lose the entire european market. No negotiation.

Surely this just instantly backfires for the EU when we have such a strongman, protectionist president like Trump running things in the US? I doubt he'd sit by and say "well one of our most valuable companies got what they deserved, well struck EU."

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matheusmoreira 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Surely the EU has enough economic leverage to withstand such pressure...

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		The US has a lot of security leverage right now.

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Barrin92 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>MacOS and IOS have fewer features in EU than USA.

In the EU Apple already has significantly less marketshare than Android. In an at least somewhat competitive market threatening consumers doesn't make a whole lot of sense because someone will always be glad to pick them up.