Today, Apple announced how it intends to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which the European Commission says applies to the App Store. There are a lot of details to cover, but in summary, radical change is coming to the EU App Store, but only in the EU. Let’s take a look at how
Updated the link to a better source that gives a more detailed overview.
Apple is forced by the EU to stop being a dick and open up their ecosystem. Apple is also purposefully making the experience so terrible that nobody will dare use it.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope the EU ~slaps Apple on the wrist~ beats Apple up until they properly allow sideloading without the user having to go through more hoops than activating it with a warning and be done with it. Without any other consequences.
But I’d hate if Apple went bankrupt. Leaving only one major player in the mobile OS market? No thanks.
Headlines like this should be illegal.
Apple is forced by the EU to stop being a dick and open up their ecosystem. Apple is also purposefully making the experience so terrible that nobody will dare use it.
I hope the EU sues and bankrupts them.
Don’t get me wrong, I hope the EU ~slaps Apple on the wrist~ beats Apple up until they properly allow sideloading without the user having to go through more hoops than activating it with a warning and be done with it. Without any other consequences.
But I’d hate if Apple went bankrupt. Leaving only one major player in the mobile OS market? No thanks.
You know what will happen? I do. Apple will leave Europe
Want side loading? Buy android. That’s your choice.