Apple faces strong action if changes to its App Store do not meet incoming European Union regulations, EU’s Breton says

by giuliomagnifico

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  1. There was recently an article of the Financial Times. Tim Cook was literally laughing about how he has enormous power over the young americans.

    >**How Apple captured Gen Z in the US — and changed their social circles**

    >Apple has captured Gen Z in the US so thoroughly that younger americans fear being socially ostracised for not having an iPhone, a trend that will allow the tech giant to gain market share across multiple product categories.

    >The iPhone’s dominance is shaping the social circles of young Americans, according to researchers who advise companies on the preference of Gen Z consumers.

    >When a single Android user participating in a group chat of iPhone owners, it turns the outbound messages of all users green, rather than blue. This is an indication that the chat has defaulted to the SMS standard rather than iMessage.

    >On TikTok, a trend called “He’s a 10 but . . . ” went viral when random women were asked what a perfect guy’s new rating would be once they found out he uses Android. “If that bubble pops up green, I’m not responding,” said one.

    >Such issues are partly by design. Craig Federighi, Apple’s head of software engineering, advocated keeping iMessage off Android nearly a decade ago when other executives were considering making it available.

    >He told colleagues that expanding iMessage “would simply serve to remove an obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones”.

    >At a conference last year, an iPhone user complained to CEO Tim Cook that exchanging messages with his mother was frustrating because of iOS-Android connectivity issues.

    >*“Buy your mom an iPhone”* Tim Cook said with a laugh.

    https://www.ft.com/content/8a2e8442-449e-4dbd-bd6d-2656b4503526

  2. Apple is just a spit in the face to small creators. Even big ones like Fortnite.

  3. If they actually dare to monetize third party apps I want EU to fuck them hard

  4. 30% fee is a bloodsucking behaviour which hurts users and companies as the purchace price gets higher

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