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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by Gareth321 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:25AM (#32167125)
>And yet, Apple can still charge software companies whatever they want to allow software to run on the phones.

This is explicitly disallowed in the legislation. See page 131:

>The gatekeeper shall allow providers of services and providers of hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed or controlled via the operating system or virtual assistant listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9) as are available to services or hardware provided by the gatekeeper. Furthermore, the gatekeeper shall allow business users and alternative providers of services provided together with, or in support of, core platform services, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same operating system, hardware or software features, regardless of whether those features are part of the operating system, as are available to, or used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by enos_feedler on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:49AM (#32167476)
The simple work around is to provide lower quality of service to all of the platforms features and claim it is the only way to achieve _effective_ interoperability without jeopardizing the user experience
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by Gareth321 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:50PM (#32168534)
They have lots of qualifiers around access and service standards. It's 230 pages and quite comprehensive. I'm sure Apple and Google will try to get creative, but these simple examples of potential malicious compliance are already covered.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by enos_feedler on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:42PM (#32172773)
I am not speaking with regards to malicious intent. I actually mean the scenario where providing a certain level of access does in fact degrade the user experience. Take for instance if US carriers were required to give all MNVO full 5G access with unlimited data simply because the carriers themselves sell this kind of capability directly to customers. This might put burden onto the network that just makes it terrible for everyone. We wouldn’t want that kind of regulation. I am just wondering if this will degrade the phone experience in a material way and the only recourse will be to uninstall apps.
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by diffeomorphism on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:12AM (#32178917)
> The simple work around is to (lie)

That seems like dubious advice.

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by enos_feedler on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:15PM (#32182773)
Nobody said lie
Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by diffeomorphism on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:27AM (#32188830)
Intentionally claim untruth (for personal benefit) == lie

So, yes they very much did.