Gregory's Server@bouncing @gruber @stroughtonsmith Apple could also have decided to make it easier for their developers by making those EU changes/requirements available worldwide, but instead they decided to make it more complex by limiting it to the EU.
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@bouncing @gruber @stroughtonsmith No, but now they have two separate code bases to maintain. @jramskov @gruber @stroughtonsmith That’s true. But take for example iPhone mirroring, where just not releasing it in the EU was the simplest solution. Having a single codebase would mean no one gets that feature. And it’s a really nice one. @bouncing @gruber @stroughtonsmith Why would it mean that? I don’t believe the DMA prevents such s feature?  @jramskov @bouncing @stroughtonsmith The DMA seemingly requires Apple to make mirroring available on any device, not just their own brand of PCs (Macs). @gruber @bouncing @stroughtonsmith Have Apple given any statements that tells us? I haven't seen any other than “it's the DMA” and then everyone can speculate, but nobody really knows. It could certainly be that they should make it possible to do on Windows laptops, etc. as well. That would make it a bigger job for them to implement a public API/standard for it. To make the market work, different rules are required for the gatekeepers. @jramskov @gruber @stroughtonsmith Setting aside the business case that might exist against supporting competitors’ devices, any software developer can tell you what a poison scope creep is to a project and it getting green lighted. Going from mirroring iPhones on Macs to mirroring any device on any computer is beyond scope creep: it’s going from making a single feature to starting a reference implementation for a new standard. @bouncing @gruber @stroughtonsmith No doubt and I'm not surprised Apple don't like it. However, I’m so far on the EC side - it is way to early to conclude anything about how well the DMA work, but I agree with the premise about gatekeepers. These companies have become so big and have so much power they are basically monopolies without being it in the traditional sense. @jramskov @bouncing @stroughtonsmith It’s too early, of course, but to pass final judgment on the DMA’s practical effectiveness, but we can fairly say that so far the only practical effectiveness is to allow EU iOS users to play Fortnite again. @gruber @bouncing @stroughtonsmith I don’t think it makes sense to look at the effects yet. |
@jramskov @gruber @stroughtonsmith I don’t think the region flag is what is technically complicated.