[swongel]

So Apple is forcing its customers to bundle their phone with their billing platform.

Which should be illegal (as we democratically decided to have these laws), having no choice in services is not a feature it's an additional price to pay for the product and customers legally didn't agree to that simply by buying a commodity phone (no contract, no consideration whatsoever for this additional price).

> People should just leave if they don’t like the rules. This is correct, Apple should just get out if they don't like the anti-trust rules of our market.

[endisneigh]

I’m curious - In the EU are businesses required by law to accept whatever form of payment the customer would like to use? Are vendors required?

[swongel]

No, you can't pay with any currency like Zimbabwean dollars and expect the EU to force businesses to accept it, no.

But this article isn't about legal tender or how debts can be repaid it's about anti-trust and coupling commodities (like bread, and phones) with exclusive services without a service contract at the moment of purchase.