Probably not, but it’s free marketing. Some will get it. Some will think about it. Next time they see Firefox, some will add two and two together. The rest will be lost.

Meh, they can shoot at Firefox if they want, but it’s actually pretty good marketing for the Fox.

The US is losing power for sure, but not slower than it’s allies. Europe can’t just plug and play the US immediately, but they have considerably less problems than Americans.

And just to be clear: I’m not advocating for a US boycott. Just less cooperation than today.

Our right is to not purchase the products that require us to give access to our data.

You can’t hear how that sounds? Congratulations, you are allowed to NOT buy something.

You’re not even told when they steal your data, because there’s not even a rule for that either.

What rights do you have in Europe that we don’t have in the US?

Easy. Privacy.

Right to our data. Freedom to choose an App Store, search engine etc for our phones. Geo-locking is illegal for our digital services. We could continue?

The whole world is not moving right in the same way as the US right now.

In Europe we get more rights, and in the US you loose your right to abortion entirely.

The US is now trying to take Panama, Canada and Greenland, which sounds alot like dictatorships like Russia and China.

So no, no one else in the western world is moving towards that. But I’m sure both Musk and Zuckerberg want you to see it that way on their platforms.

You do. They can only collect data you allow.

Are you familiar with the Danish system tho?

We have this in Denmark, and when it works, you’ll all love it.

It’s soooo easy to use, and it’s also a very secure way it’s implemented, because we have 2FA for everything important.

falls short later

So far… Next model will be even better, and it won’t stop getting better.

Fair, then everything I can find on the Internet must be freeware too. Set the sails, matey!

Amazing. Great job, India, and all other regions who also have passed this.

Yeah, again it’s EU setting a standard and the world is to follow. It’s amazing what we the people actually CAN do, if we just stand up to big corporations.

They also often brand something as “best in the world” when in reality it’s US only. And they are literally 4.2% the population of the entire world.

The malware thing still deserves a headline. They just argue it’s stupid so many even have to use the library to begin with.

Great take.

So they did it, but purposely didn’t do it well enough. Next time it’s a 10% fine.

I actually agree with you, that Apple most certainly will stall. And I also don’t think it’s optimal, but huge decisions on how to go forward do take time.

And I just think it may be better in the long run, that it seems more “fair” for the company, even thought it’s not.

Also, if Apple doesn’t comply this time and tries to find a new bullshit form of non-compliance, there’s no second chance according to the EU law. The fine will hit, so they certainly won’t do that.

Yeah, they will, but I think for this to work and be respected, they need to give companies this period, because it actually could take alot of time to change.

In this case, not so much, but it could be in the future, and the rules are the same regardless.

“be bisexual” ???

At least it opens up for challenge.