Comment by mrangle
5 days ago
Apple does compete on its own merits. Its merits are that it built and controls the operating system and hardware that people choose to buy.
If other companies have an issue, then they can build their own software, their own hardware, and compete.
Companies don’t make laws (unless you live somewhere like the US); people do. If the people say “stop fucking around and rent-seeking” then companies should have to do that. It’s pretty simple, really. Just because you build your own hardware and software doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you want.
Apple is free to leave the European market if it doesn’t like the rules.
I bet the Robber Barons said something like “Don’t like it? Build your own railway!” too.