Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a...
by microtherion on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:16PM
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> The other possibility is it will make it impossible to buy an iPhone in Europe.
On a practical level, it might not be all that easy to stop that entirely. Sure, Apple could stop selling iPhones in the EU (and would probably close their stores altogether). But a gray (black? In this case I'm not entirely certain) market would almost certainly appear. iPhones in the EU might acquire the cachet of Cuban Cigars in the US.
On a practical level, it might not be all that easy to stop that entirely. Sure, Apple could stop selling iPhones in the EU (and would probably close their stores altogether). But a gray (black? In this case I'm not entirely certain) market would almost certainly appear. iPhones in the EU might acquire the cachet of Cuban Cigars in the US.