• MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Splitting store in two won’t get them around the regulation though if both stores have same parent company. Perhaps it will delay EU from punishing them, but they won’t get around the issue. EU is not forcing multiple stores without reason. Competition if always good for end users and results in overall better quality of product. Apple doesn’t want that because they want to be able to charge whatever they want and you can take it or leave it. Also it has absolutely nothing to do with security or privacy or whatever the excuse people are coming up with. It’s just money, the only thing Apple still cares about.

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      10 months ago

      That’s not what the article said they meant.

      An EU split that can comply, and a rest of the world split that continues to monopolize the iPhone.

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      10 months ago

      Competition if always good for end users and results in overall better quality of product.

      Except in the case of ports…

      I think instead of leaning on absolutes, you should just acknowledge that more options are good in this case. From a practical perspective, end-users do not benefit from Apple restricting the app stores allowed on their phone.