Europeans to miss certain iOS 26 features due to strict EU regulations

449 million people are still potential buyers and not irrelevant from a shareholder perspective.

Basically they’re hijacking some of the democratic mechanisms of the EU to their advantage.

More people should be aware this happens and Apple isn't the only one playing this game.

Thanks for sharing, I watched that second video. What an awesome interview, unsettling but really interesting

Because they know the EU won’t kick them out for petty thing like that. But it will lead to people being angry with the EU, instead of apple, which may eventually lead the EU to be more lenient with apple.

Basically they’re hijacking some of the democratic mechanisms of the EU to their advantage.

Exactly. This.

Old (from 2021), but good: Profiting from authoritarianism: How Tim Cook Surrendered Apple to the Chinese Government - (alternative YT link is here)

A new video from May 2025: Apple's unsolvable China problem: How Apple Sold Its Soul to an Authoritarian Regime- (alternative YT link is here)

449 million people in the EU, 1.4 Billion people in China.

They can, but this way they can brainwash their customers into thinking it's the big bad EU's fault.

It's interesting to see Apple fighting the EU's regulatory bodies while complying with everything that the Chinese government asks.

This.

If a certain feature requires a privacy violation, there’s something clearly wrong with the way it was designed.

Europeans to miss certain privacy holes in iOS 26 features thanks to strict EU regulations

FTFY

So, the $3 trillion dollar company can't afford compliance lawyers to help them ship these features in time? The 30% of iPhone owning Europeans are surely not being influenced to sway their governments to stop regulating US tech?

Oh no! Anyway...

I have no idea what kind of features they add in Android/iOS anyway. It's not like I use my smartphone differently than in 2015.

There weren't any worthwhile features since the app store dropped. /hj

Malus's official stance is that the DMA isn't designed to protect customers, but to favor companies instead, sometimes European ones.

Then they should be for it, because by their theory it favors them. But no, they're so pro-consumer, they don't want to make money /s