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[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (4 children)

This only in the EU thing is going to bite them in the ass hard. You’re going to get App developers pretending to operate in the EU or moving there just to have more creative freedom.

Users will also find ways of doing the exact same. You can’t have one rule for one group of people and different rules for everyone else.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

They may eventually get dragged there kicking and screaming but will milk consumers in other markets for every penny they can before that happens

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Just a wild guess, but I think Apple is fully aware of this. They are intentionally keeping it separate to set a precedence that they will not bend over and let EU dictate and for the rest of the world to reap the benefit. Same with their decision to fine users for sideloading. They know it's a losing battle they are just trying to make it as difficult as possible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Most developers won't pretend they operate in the EU because that would likely result in account loss. As for anyone actually moving there for this, I highly doubt it. Most developers who distribute on the App Store are looking for profit, not creativity. Trying to go around Apple for this sounds like risking those profits.

Furthermore the European versions won't be available outside of Europe so if anyone wants to keep their existing non-European users, they'd have to maintain two versions. That's extra work and unless there's some significant profit unlocked by the European changes, the most likely scenario is that developers would stick to whatever's allowed worldwide. Which is likely Apple's goal - comply with the regulation, while making it sufficiently undesirable for developers to change anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can’t have one rule for one group of people and different rules for everyone else.

"In the name of the greatest smartphone that have ever graced this earth, we draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and say separate rules now, separate rules tomorrow, separate rules forever." -Apple, probably

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sounds awfully lot like 'divide and conquer'. Where have I heard that before?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

It's my humorous manipulation of famous quote by George Wallace regarding segregation in the US. Here's the original:

"In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." -George Wallace, infamous racists prick

You can read all about his descent into racist madness here:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wallace-quotes/#:~:text=In%20the%20name%20of%20the,segregation%20tomorrow%2C%20segregation%20forever.%22

(It is quite interesting how he changed over time... Almost like regularly spending time with racists--who you view as close friends--can lead to absorbing racist views)