European laws have helped civilise the online landscape, but now we can only look on in envy at some new features launched by Apple that are not available to users here
Regulation: Apple chief Tim Cook launching the iPhone 17 earlier this month. Many new software features launched by the US firm won’t be available to EU users. Photo: Name Justin Sullivan/Getty
We said we wanted Big Tech to be regulated. But is it worth losing out on features and services?
Maybe, maybe not. But there’s now a gap opening between us and places like Britain and the US in mainstream services we can get from our tech because of new EU regulation.