The European Union has told Apple to stop geo-locking, where apps and services vary in different countries — entirely ignoring decades of laws and practices by other industries that have nothing to do with the App Store.
EU wants the impossible with Apple’s App Store
EU wants the impossible with Apple’s App Store
Give the EU credit, it has implemented the kind of laws regarding Big Tech that other countries, including the US, are still only talking about. But in this case, its assumption that it can simply mandate how the rest of the entire world works is an excoriating overreach.
The new demand is that Apple stop geo-locking, and specifically that EU users must be able to:
EU’s latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive
EU’s latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive