EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, approved

Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by foepys on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:25PM (#32168106)

Apple can be broken up in multiple ways.

- smartphones

- desktop/laptops

- music and video streaming

- App Store and payments with Apple Pay

- chip design

- physical stores

All of those could stand on their own.

Edit: I'm not saying that the EU can break them up but Apple is not a company with a single field where breaking it up is impossible. I misread the parent a bit.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by piaste on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:42PM (#32168386)

How does the EU force an American company to break up? (Not a rhetorical question)

Perhaps they might pull a China and require them to open a 51% EU-owned subsidiary to do business here, which would then be subject to all sort of restrictions including company size.

As a EU citizen, I would absolutely love it. But I suspect that the EU is bound by many more and much more comprehensive free-trade treaties than China is, and such a draconian approach would require many of them to be renegotiated or exited outright.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by rnk on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:20PM (#32170834)

They can tax and fine them unsustainable fees, prohibit them from being used there. Thus they can control them. If Apple found that onerous they could choose not to be in business there.

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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by colinmhayes on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:45PM (#32168435)

How would the eu force apple to break up? It’s an American company. I guess they could lobby the US, but doesn’t seem close to happening.

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