Given the DMA, Apple are required to allow people to develop other App Stores. If they can kick off anyone who decides to do that, then the law is entirely pointless (and the EU commission are likely to be upset).
Sure, they are required to allow people to develop other App Stores.
They can also add any number of other policies which you probably run afoul of several times a day. Then terminate you for that. You can still develop your app store, you just can't break all the rules to develop your app store.
> The rest of the world doesn't have to stand still. They can just confiscate Apple's money using threat of government force.
But surely the US would not just stand still either while the rest of the world plunders one of its most successful megacorps/source of American influence.
The US government is literally right now trying to sue Apple for similar anti trust crimes.
If anything, what would happen is that the USA would finish its lawsuit and force Apple to end its illegal and anti completive behavior worldwide, instead of just in the EU.
Interesting, I didn't know the US was suing Apple right now for similar things. I don't follow it too closely, just what I see here on HN. Thanks for the info, I'll read up on it.
...which is exactly the kind of thing the EU Commission will punish them for.
If they create a bunch of new rules and only punish those who are developing their own app stores they haven't given themselves a magic get out of jail free card, it'll be very obvious to everyone what is going on.
