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> Apple has crippled iPadOS and consumers need the EU to force Apple to make moves that actually benefits the consumer

I won’t go into whether that’s true, but I don’t think the EU has any objection against companies selling (or attempting to sell) bad products.

The EU is acting because they think companies effectively do not have the choice of going around Apple to reach their customers, and that is limiting competition.

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I agree with your description of the EU’s thinking, but I can’t see how they think it’s a valid argument. It’s like a company opening a drive-thru restaurant and then complaining that car manufacturers are gatekeeping them from their customers

Imagine there are only 2 brands of cars, and one of them disables the engine as soon as the driver wants to enter your drive-thru. Imagine also that this car brand operates a chain of drive-thru restaurants that their cars will happily visit. Now extend this scenario with the fact that there are more and more types of food you can only get through drive-thru restaurants and old fashioned restaurants don't offer these anymore (because most people now expect all food to be provided by drive-thrus).

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