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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[–] anlumo 90 points 7 months ago (17 children)

If the requirements are the same as for iPhones, this change is entirely inconsequential, because Apple can just add so many hurdles to sideloading to make this infeasible.

[–] taanegl 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

By all means. After Apple has painted themselves in a corner, when the legislation has been loophole proofed, that's when Apple gets hit in the face with the Brussels effect - like a big, floppy, dong slapped across Steve Apple's mouth in every country out there.

I'll do a dance for every country. I'll do a shimmy for Botswana, a conga for Japan, a shake for Sebia, etc, etc.

Slap! Other cheek. Slayap! Other cheek! And so on and so forth.

Hopefully.

[–] anlumo 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Loophole-proofing means doing a revision to the DMA, which means that they need to go through all of the stages again. It took three years on the first round, and they're probably going to need a few more revisions to get all of the holes fixed.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

There is no loophole though.

Even if there was, the EU runs on civil law, not common law, which means the intent of the law trumps the wording, and there is no emphasis on precedents. So if an EU judge decides that Apple is fucking around trying to skirt the law, there is no change required to the law to slap them down.

[–] taanegl 1 points 7 months ago

Such is writing policy. Mayhaps it needs to be reformed down the line as well.

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