Europe is the home of ARM, the core technology licensed in Apple silicon for what, 15 years now? STMicroelectronics too, who is just as important in the production of the iPhone as Texas Instruments.
More logically, the United States is reluctant to regulate phone shipments because Apple and Google constitute the strongest surveillance network ever exported internationally. Europe stands to lose nothing if Epic or Spotify go bankrupt, the 'muh protectionism' argument only makes sense from the perspective of companies that actually matter. So obviously there has to be something bigger at play, the Commission wouldn't be listening to scoundrels and nobodies unless they said something that made sense.
smoldesu|2 years ago
More logically, the United States is reluctant to regulate phone shipments because Apple and Google constitute the strongest surveillance network ever exported internationally. Europe stands to lose nothing if Epic or Spotify go bankrupt, the 'muh protectionism' argument only makes sense from the perspective of companies that actually matter. So obviously there has to be something bigger at play, the Commission wouldn't be listening to scoundrels and nobodies unless they said something that made sense.