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Apple Intelligence won't launch in EU in 2024 due to antitrust regulation, company says (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Can't imagine how this could be perceived as anything but retaliation for the EU daring to attempt to regulate Apple

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah exactly. Remember when they wanted to kill PWAs in Europe blaming the DMA? They had to revert course eventually due to backlash.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's very easy for them to twist the history. Losing PWA would have really sucked. I use those quite extensively, even if they aren't perfect

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Me too! I even develop some PWAs. It’s great for specialized stuff that doesn’t need to be on the AppStore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, I missed them having to backpedal on that! That's good news.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That was my first thought.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it makes sense. Apple really likes their proprietary walled garden, so the interoperability requirements trouble them deeply.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No.

Interoperability is only required, if you have a significant market share. Apple does not have this in the EU. iMessage specifically doesn't fall under this regulation, since hardly anyone uses it.

And since Apple plans to publish an SDK for their intelligence anyway, you can't really regulate them for being too closed.

So either that's a purely political retaliation, or their "super privacy friendly" services aren't as privacy friendly as they claim.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Apple does have a significant market share of 25-30% in Europe. Just because they avoided having to open iMessage (for now) because everyone in Europe uses WhatsApp, doesn't mean other Apple services are safe from regulation.

But I'm with you - it's more likely about (not so) privacy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

or their "super privacy friendly" services aren't as privacy friendly as they claim.

I would bet real currency it's this one.