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0 pointskeymone6y ago0 comments

it's a tax. as long as apple's walled garden is so much better than anything else - no reason to worry.

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The EU is already investigating Apple management of the App Store. Regulation is coming and one has to wonder much walled and profitable the garden will stay.

trilila6y ago

The EU is investigating an awful lot of US companies.

thrower1236y ago

The EU would need to demonstrate that it's teeth are sharp and big enough to actually break the skin on those companies.

Most likely result is Apple/Google/Amazon/Facebook buy them off for some trivial (for them anyway) amount of money.

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skrowl6y ago

Apple is going to be forced to allow other app stores onto their phone like Android does (although Android did it without any laws forcing them to).

Mindwipe6y ago

If you're an Apple shareholder I would be very worried about anti-trust concerns on this point in Europe especially but also the US.

I would actively price in this going away in Europe, never mind being a risk.

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