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by ramesh31 702 days ago
At what point does antitrust become protectionism? The EU loves to make these sweeping mandates in the name of consumer choice, when the result will be a worse product for everyone.
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Worse how? It just means devs can access the API, if the customer installs their app and consents that that's what they want to happen.

Apple still gets to be the default wallet, which is a huge, huge advantage, plus they make a boatload on the hardware.

The default wallet if your bank is going to make you install a shitty app when you want to use their debit / credit cards.
This isn't about consumer choice in phones. It's about business access to markets. It's why it's called the "Digital Markets Act".
Won't someone think of the 3.5 trillion dollar company??