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Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by Jensson on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:20PM (#39647733)
> That only makes sense if we assume Apple’s world class legal team didn’t see what every lay person could.

Apple banned Epic the day before DMA came into effect when doing this sort of thing was still legal, they 100% saw this. They did probably bet on the chance EU would overlook it if they did it before the law came into effect, they lost that bet but they thought it was worth a try.

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Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by agust on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:35PM (#39647832)
No, they banned Epic's account after the DMA took effect.
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Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by Jensson on Friday March 08, 2024 @07:03PM (#39648035)
No they didn't, Apple banned Epics account March 6, DMA took effect March 7.
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Re:Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account by ncruces on Saturday March 09, 2024 @04:21AM (#39650510)
The DMA has been in force since November 2022 and became applicable in 2023.

There was a grace period for compliance for companies found in violation, because that determination was made after it came into force, not before.

You can't find a company to violate a regulation that's not in force, and it's reasonable to give a company in violation of complex piece of law (that's never been tested) some period to comply.

But that doesn't mean the law is not already in force.

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