EU antitrust chief tells Tim Cook Apple must allow third-party app stores
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The European Union's Margrethe Vestager has met with leaders of US Big Tech firms to discuss their operations in the EU, and with Apple's Tim Cook concentrated on the App Store and Apple Music.

EU antitrust chief to Tim Cook: Apple must allow third-party app stores::The European Union’s Margrethe Vestager has met with leaders of US Big Tech firms to discuss their operations in the EU, and with Apple’s Tim Cook concentrated on the App Store and Apple Music.

  • @abhibeckertEnglish
    11•10 months ago

    Actually a bunch of other countries are considering the same thing. Including the USA.

    • @[email protected]English
      24•10 months ago

      Yea, but they only copy EU, which does the hard work. So I bet nobody would do anything, if EU wouldn’t.

      • @wikibotBEnglish
        10•10 months ago

        Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

        The Brussels effect is the process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union de facto (but not necessarily de jure) externalising its laws outside its borders through market mechanisms. Through the Brussels effect, regulated entities, especially corporations, end up complying with EU laws even outside the EU for a variety of reasons.

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