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I think California should add legislation to check the power of the European car makers. Make sure that the German cars interoperate with the Ford components and can be serviced by other independent car dealerships as well. BMW and Porsche should also share their advertising numbers.

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Your suggestions seem to come with a bit of spite, but if they protect consumers I'm all for them.

I'm not sure how interchangeable car parts are, but what the EU is doing is requiring things that are known to work: you could always sideload on Android or any computer ever, you could always install any browser anywhere except on iOS, you could always use any payment system, etc etc etc.

The EU is basically requiring Apple to not block competitors, not to go out of pocket in supporting them.

With “electrification” Germans shouldn’t have unique hardware advantages when it comes to the car industry

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