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Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by Vespasian on Thursday January 25, 2024 @02:42PM (#39134154)
One interesting switch up could be the EU elections this year.

Right, Far-right and EU-sceptic parties are predicted to become much stronger.

So their stance might change on some topics

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by blibble on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:02PM (#39134417)
I wouldn't expect so

The european far right are hardly fans of large American tech companies

now, if they were domestic, that would be entirely different

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by TheLoafOfBread on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:34PM (#39135655)
> Right, Far-right and EU-sceptic parties are predicted to become much stronger.

Those parties are running predominantly on nationalism and populism. If anything they will be happy to screw US tech companies even more.

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by Wytwwww on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:07PM (#39135307)
The parliament is hardly relevant though, it's pretty much a joke. The non directly elected commission and council control EU's policy.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by Vespasian on Thursday January 25, 2024 @07:08PM (#39137241)
Not true at all.

No law like the DMA passes without the approval of parliament and the council of member states. In fact, all the details are hashed out between these two bodies with little to no say from the commission.

BTW: The way the commission is selected is one step removed from the voters but this principle is not too uncommon in European parliamentary democracies. For example the German or Austrian Chancellors or the prime ministers of Italy ,Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Poland are elected in a similar fashion.

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by tivert on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:09PM (#39134509)
> Right, Far-right and EU-sceptic parties are predicted to become much stronger.

Do they have a much more favorable attitude towards American tech giants than whoever is in power now?

Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by akie on Thursday January 25, 2024 @03:29PM (#39134804)
If anything they’re in Putin’s pocket, not in Big Tech’s pocket.
Re:Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store... by tivert on Thursday January 25, 2024 @04:42PM (#39135774)
And if that's the case, I'd expect them to be more hostile to American tech companies than European social democrats, because those companies are instruments of American power.