[kj99]

People keep saying things like ‘affront to regulation’, but the regulation wasn’t written to make iOS more open. It was written to enable certain other middlemen more access to specific parts of iOS.

If the EU wanted to force iOS to be an open platform, they could have written a law to that effect.

I wish people would realize that just because the EU is regulating Apple and it’s fun to see power be brought to bear against Apple, it doesn’t mean the EU is actually competent to regulate the market.

[commoner]

> it doesn’t mean the EU is actually competent to regulate the market

The EU has done more to improve consumer choice in the mobile app industry than any other region in the world. They can go even further, but their progress so far certainly demonstrates competence.

[kj99]

What are you talking about?

[jerojero]

USB C comes to mind. I think that's an example of a successful regulatory measure.

What will happen with the DMA is still to be seen. So I wouldn't judge it until we've seen if the intended effects of the regulation come to pass.

[kj99]

USB c hardly makes a dramatic difference to consumer choice, not that it’s bad.

[jacknews]

You obviously don't remember the situation with mobile phone chargers before the EU mandated usb charging.

Every manufacturer had a prorietary connector, voltage etc. Even different models from the same manufacturer often had different charging standards. Complete wasteful mayhem.

[alberto180]

Browser Choice, forcing Microsoft to Unbundle Edge again from Windows and making their crap uninstallable...