Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise
an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-related App Store changes. It means that they know they're losing this fight and they're punching up. Alex Russell / @slightlyoff@toot.cafe : Whenever I re-read Apple's press release about DMA compliance and how users will be “confronted with a list of of default browsers before they have an opportunity to understand the options available to them”, I think back to the iOS onboarding flow and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh. — [image] X: Albert Wenger / @albertwenger : The complexity of the EU bill made compliance with the letter but not the spirit possible. And Apple exploited that to protect its market power. We deserve better regulation of computation. John Gruber / @gruber : @TimSweeneyEpic @stevesi Tim Sweeney, socialist. @snazzylabs : @ostynhyss I've heard from numerous developers that they truly don't view themselves as anything other than altruistic; it's not malice as much as it is ignorance. Which is sad. I think they view visionOS as another gift to indie developers to hit it big again as happened with iOS. @ostynhyss : @SnazzyLabs Especially in a time where having developers is so critical to the success of Vision Pro. I can't believe they're even thinking about taking such a risk. But their recent actions show it to be so @snazzylabs : Burning developer goodwill is what hurt Microsoft 20-years-ago. Apple runs the risk of doing the same. They have to either make their platforms ever more compelling and worthy of the fees they charge, or open the gates and roll back fees. They cannot pursue growth at all costs... Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : @stevesi Your thesis is an ode to corporate power and is antithetical to the rights of users and developers worldwide. There is no cognizable legal or moral principle in support of Apple and others appointing themselves to lord over a new technological serfdom. Kontra / @counternotions : Priorities APPLE: https://1.apple/ 2.Users 3.Developers DEVELOPERS: 1.Developers 2.Users https://3.apple/ EU: https://1.eu/ 2.Spotify 3.Users Can you smell the Freedom Fries? Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : I totally beat you on the word count :-) [link] John Gruber / @gruber : @stevesi The browser ballot thing is so ridiculous. But even worse, they should have learned from forcing it on Windows, that it's just a goddamn annoyance. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : @gruber They are very proud of it. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Of note regarding this, the regulation in the EU Digital Markets Act applies to no European companies because the thresholds are (mysteriously) revenue of EUR 7.5 billion for three years, EUR 7.5 billion market cap, or 45 million MAU. John B. Roberts / @pencoyd : Excellent essay from @stevesi - long Saturday night read, but coming from someone with history and depth on the subject. https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyship ping.com/ ... Forums: Caius / Lobsters : Understanding Apple's Response to the DMA