Apple's Un-Fun Day in Europe - MOSK: 12.14.2023

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🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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- Report: EU Likely to Nix Apple's Anti-Steering Rules in App Store - Apple Competitors Form Lobbying Organization in Europe - Report: Foxconn Spending $2.6B+ on Indian Plant for Apple Gear - Apple Selling USB-C for Snd Generation AirPods Pro - Beats and Stussy Team for Special Beats Studio Pro Headphones - Apple Expands Self Repair Program - PETA Names Apple Its Company of the Year - Check Out the Latest Checklists by SecureMac - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacO-S-Kinn.
0:07.0	Europe is un-Fun for Apple.
0:11.8	FoxCon's going bigger in India, and Pina praises the Cupertino Company.
0:17.0	It is Thursday, the 14th of December, 2023.
0:21.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Maco-S-Can brought to you by yours truly and
0:30.0	supported by people like you patrons through Patreon.
0:36.2	Find out more and at your support at patreon.
0:39.9	dot com slash Macoest can
0:44.7	The headline from Bloomberg says Apple set to be hit by EU antitrust order in App Store fight with Spotify
0:53.1	Sounds kind of scary.
0:54.8	Though the story under the headline
0:57.1	is not quite as scary as the headline makes it sound.
1:00.8	Quoting one paragraph which contains the crux of the story.
1:05.0	EU regulators are putting the finishing touches to a decision on Apple's practice of blocking music services
1:11.0	from pushing their users away from the App Store to alternative cheaper
1:16.2	subscription options according to people familiar with the investigation.
1:21.8	If that sounds familiar, it's because Apple has been facing a similar finding here in the US.
1:27.0	When Epic Games sued Apple back in 2020, there were two primary issues at stake. Whether Apple had to allow
1:35.5	side-loading or third-party app stores on iPhone, and whether Apple could block app developers
1:42.2	from telling potential buyers that they could pay for their
1:45.3	apps outside of the App Store.
1:48.4	In 2021, the first Jeff to hear the case denied the former but went with the latter saying Apple had to let
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