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PavleMiha | 2 years ago

I guess it is? No one can force Apple to sell iPhones in Europe.

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sneak|2 years ago

Their shareholders can, and will.

burnerthrow008|1 year ago

lol. Shareholders won’t care if Apple pulls out of Europe if Europe makes it impossible to make a profit.

Another comment claims that the App Store represents something like 40% of Apple’s profit. If you chop a company’s profit in half and lay on a bunch of regulatory costs, pulling out of the market starts to look appealing.

And, who is to say that the EC will stop here? What happens when all the alternative app stores fail because they fail to enforce the same developer-hostile, user-friendly features as Apple (like request to track). You think the EC will just roll over and let that happen? Or will they take even stronger measures?

Continuing the humor the EC is just throwing good money after bad at this point. Shareholders can see that just as well as anyone else.

summerlight|1 year ago

Shareholders will be very angry and none of their C-suites will keep their jobs.

przemub|2 years ago

And no one is forcing them.