The Battle between the European Union and Apple It never seems to end. While other countries on other continents do not put any paste to apple devices, EU members seem to disappear from our stores.
And, since they were forced to have a USB-C connector, leaving the lightning aside, they have taken pace, and every month they take out a new standard that forces the company to change all its plans. And these, fed up with it, could go by quickly, eliminating functions without giving explanations, thus fulfilling their absurd measures.
Apple could restrict Airdrop
Apple is considering Remove Airdrop from iPhones that are sold in the European Union for a legal mess with the European Commission. The problem comes by the Digital Markets Law (DMA), which forces Apple to open functions such as Airdrop and AirPlay to other devices, including those used by Android or Windows.
Apple does not agree at all and the decision has resorted. He says that doing that would put the privacy and safety of its users at risk, since it could give access to sensitive data to apps or third -party systems, but it seems that the EU does quite the same, and they prefer that Apple has losses, that its users are safer.
As a preventive measure, Apple has considered the possibility of completely remove the airdrop function from the devices sold in the EU to avoid complying with the interoperability requirements imposed by the DMA. This strategy has already been applied in the past with other functions, such as Apple Intelligence and iPhone Mirroring, which were not available in the EU due to similar issues, and not to be implemented.
Apple commentator John Gruber highlighted a part of the company's statement: “In the end, these deeply defective rules that only go to Apple, and no other company, will severely limit our ability to offer innovative products and characteristics to Europe, which will lead to a lower user experience for our European clients.”
In summary, the European Union will get Apple to limit any modern tool for its members, not having any positive repercussion, and only doing it to “annoy”, so we hope they rectify, and it is not normal for other places less developed to advance more in future technologies, staying behind by a few of a few, which they want to stop the largest companies.
And you, what do you think of all this? Do you see normal that more and more functions and tools that do not do any type of damage are prohibited? Why is the EU doing this exclusively to Apple, and it does not go for other different companies? Leave us a comment with your opinion. Hopefully it is not confirmed, since Airdrop is one of the things we use most, and losing it would be a step far back for everyone.
