By: Apple first company to be found violating DMA – OSAlert
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By: enryfox
To me, not having Apple AI in iOS 18 is a pro not a cons. I am afraid Apple AI will be a massive flop, somehow similar to the dire situation of Siri now (for things slightly more complicated than setting a reminder or asking for the weather it is so annoying and frustrating to use that I gave up completely on it). On top of that, my current latest-and-greatest iphone 15 does not have the hardware to fully support Apple AI (does that mean that in 2023 Apple did not know that it would launch an AI in 2024 ??) so everything would be a request to their cloud computing.
I can live without Apple AI - thanks EU.
By: Geck
So Apple choose to rather boycott EU, then to respect privacy.
By: Wondercool2
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440946">Titanius Anglesmith</a>.
Indeed, in the WWDC presentation Apple explicitly said that all the new AI API calls would be available to 3rd party developers. It's a bit weird to now not allow that anymore for EU devs/users.
By: Titanius Anglesmith
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440945">Wondercool2</a>.
The DMA is all about giving other app developers equal chances to develop apps, as a way to prevent vendor lock-in.
As I understand it, they want to protect iPhone users from malicious (read: all) third parties that might want to use Apple's private API calls for their own apps. These Apple Intelligence functions won't be released in the EU because Apple would have to make these functions available to third parties. If these are privacy sensitive functions, why should I trust Apple and their black cloudy box with these tools and not be allowed to trust a third party of my choice to maybe make better use of them?
These AI functions are a privacy concern, and if Apple doesn't want to make them available in the EU I consider that a giant red flag.
By: Wondercool2
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440915">Titanius Anglesmith</a>.
What do you mean with this? I honestly don't understand what this has to do with Apple not releasing new features to Europe?
By: Wondercool2
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440918">JTN</a>.
That's quite funny as this link suggests that it has the highest use of iOS in Europe:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country
By: JTN
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440910">Adurbe</a>.
The only numbers I can find for iOS market share in the EU are ~25%, quite a bit less than 50%. I barely know anyone in Sweden that uses iPhone. Even most Mac users have Android phones.
In the US and A the numbers seem to be around 50% though.
By: Titanius Anglesmith
To me, as an iPhone user, not having my privacy invaded by Apple is a feature.
By: franzrogar
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/140034/apples-wont-release-its-new-ai-features-in-the-eu-because-they-dont-comply-with-eu-privacy-and-competition-laws/#comment-10440910">Adurbe</a>.
There is no "new legislation". This is just Apple bitching around the bush.
"Apple Intelligence" is spyware for USA.
"iPhone Mirroring" is spyware for USA.
"SharePlay Screen Sharing" is spyware for USA.
So... nothing lost for the EU. In fact, I'd gladly ban AI that requires sending your raw data (as Apple does) as a whole in all software from all companies.
By: Adurbe
This is major for a number of reasons.
First and foremost this is the first major split between the western alliance in underlying (software) technology. While there have been some differences in the past (GDPR), the market has always been unified and there were loopholes and mechanism built it to enable trade to continue uninterrupted.
From this point onwards, Apple's AI and anything build upon it, wont be usable within the EU. That is Major.
40-50% of the mobile market uses iPhones and (as we know) many apps and services are geared towards it so its not a bit-player.
Now watching Google (Android) and Microsoft (Windows) as to how they will react to the new legislation.