Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead"

Big Tech needs to knows its place. Yes especially you Apple. Make sideloading available globally.

Big tech can go F itself.

All big tech has done is stolen our data and lied to us for their own needs.

Make all software FOSS

Please, remember to vote on the European elections! We do need the EU to keep taking actions like this

There’s a rule banning “self-preferencing.” That’s when platforms push their often inferior, in-house products and hide superior products made by their rivals.

Spaz isn't going to like this.

To this articles question on why apple should care about EUs 500 million citizens when they have trillions of Dollars. Well given that the USA only has 333 millions I would say they should care a lot.

I would have never expected the EFF to use a lame click-bait headline like this one.

Apple’s going to fight all of this tooth and nail, country by country, to the end of time. Anything less and they risk a shareholder lawsuit.

This is billions and billions of dollars we’re talking about, not chump change.

In general the article seems to be a summary of current legislative actions that are ongoing between big tech and EU. Though in the article it's worded with the much more fitting 'game of chicken between EU and Big Tech' rather than something like the title, but I guess "drop dead has a better ring to it"...

I general the article has a lightly optimistic tone, which I very deeply hope holds true.

The Internet is a perfect example of why we can't have nice things, or rather, why anarchy could never work.

That's what the Internet used to be, and what it largely is. And it worked quite well, until people realized the Internet could be monetized beyond just being an extension of your brand.

Now it's quite obvious that regulation is necessary. People are idiots and they can't be trusted with a dopamine-injection-button run by greedy corporations. That gives those companies really unprecedented power.

I feel like trying to make the big fish act in our interest and not theirs is fighting windmills.

Better kill the big fish.

Not directly on topic - note how all the socialist revolutionaries always start with killing the smallest fish and hate it the most. The big ones they try to convert.

On meta’s while it is flagrant screw you, they may have a valid argument. Human beings don’t actually need any kind of social media to survive, ergo it is a convenience or luxury that could be charged for.

I’m certainly not agreeing with them, but they may be banking on that style argument and their ungodly amount of money to fight it.

I hope the EU retaliates in an incredible show of force

Me to Big Tech: "Drop Dead"

When the Parasite Class objects so vehemently to something that is impacting their obscene profits and sociopathic control, you know that something is being done correctly.

There’s a rule banning “self-preferencing.” That’s when platforms push their often inferior, in-house products and hide superior products made by their rivals

Wow, I can see Microsoft fighting this one tooth and nail. It's basically their whole business model

"Ok, but if you ever step outside EU we're locking your phone"

When Apple outright punishes you when they don't like your laws, and don't even try to find an excuse anymore.

Continue the good work, EU. You obviously hit a nerve, so you know you're on the right track.

I’m swiss and not a EU fan, but I’m really proud of how they are standing up and facing these huge companies.

We’ve clearly reached a point where these companies need to see that they can’t do everything they want.

Let’s fight for reparability, interoperability and privacy!

If you don't like the products of Big Tech, don't use it. Don't like oil, don't use it. The EU might as well ban Big Tech.