Multiple features of their infotainment are there but softlocked out, the engines on the more powerful trim levels aren’t different or tuned, it’s just a different ecu map, etc.
I have observed that myself with the infotainment system of my 2017 Golf Alltrack, but when did they start software derating their engines? My understanding is that there’s nothing much to be gained from an aftermarket ECU tune unless I switch to premium gas and the more powerful Golf models have other real differences like bigger turbochargers.
Personally, I’m happy to see regulations that hold megacorps to the spirit and intent of those regulations, rather than having a dozen loopholes they can pass through. The lawyers are of course unhappy since they can’t argue in court that they met the absolute minimum letter of the law.
Thank you, this gets to the core of the problem. Exorbitant amounts of money and effort is spent to find where the letter of the law does not match the spirit of the law. Language is messy, so it never completely will. But in cases where the spirit of the law is so obvious I’m happy when it’s enforced instead of letting them off on technicalities.
Should a DMA violation be repeated, fines can reach up to 20 percent of global annual revenue.
That’s over a thousand dollars!
Throughout the past several months, Apple has made a number of changes to comply with bypass the DMA
Fixed that for them
We are confident our plan complies with the law,
It most likely doesn’t.
and estimate more than 99 percent of developers would pay the same or less in fees to Apple under the new business terms we created.
Translation: current fleecing levels will remain
All developers doing business in the EU on the App Store have the opportunity to utilize the capabilities that we have introduced, including the ability to direct app users to the web to complete purchases at a very competitive rate.
You’re still free to pay us for using the cheaper services provided by others.
As we have done routinely, we will continue to listen and engage with the European Commission.”
We’re paying close attention to find out how best to bypass the law without paying the fines
delaying the rollout of Apple Intelligence — the company’s name for a suite of generative AI features that will debut in iOS 18 — and some other features in the EU. “We are concerned that the interoperability requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and data security,” the company told Bloomberg.
Translation: they won’t let us monetize every tiny bit of data with no compensation or even notice
Fuck Apple. Fuck their walled garden profiteering bullshit. FUCK their blatant lies about it.
I know, I was just being silly for the sake of being silly on that one heh.
Fining Apple tens of billions of dollars is genuinely a great start towards making it not financially viable for them to break the law, so I’m all for it!
Ah, so they don’t want to pay drivers for down time so they just lock people out of “clocking in” when it’s slow. That’s pretty shitty. Pay your drivers for being idle, just like you have to pay people for being on call.
My province (BC Canada) is in the process of implementing regulations that force a minimum wage, but only when the driver is “on the job”.
My first thought was that uber will just prioritize the fastest (aka most reckless) drivers. This kinda proves that point… I guess we’ll see where this all goes.
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