Comment on EU antitrust chief to Tim Cook: Apple must allow third-party app stores
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 9 months agoActually a bunch of other countries are considering the same thing. Including the USA.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 months ago
wikibot@lemmy.world [bot] 9 months ago
Here’s the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
The Brussels effect is the process of unilateral regulatory globalisation caused by the European Union de facto (but not necessarily de jure) externalising its laws outside its borders through market mechanisms. Through the Brussels effect, regulated entities, especially corporations, end up complying with EU laws even outside the EU for a variety of reasons.^to^ ^opt^ ^out^^,^ ^pm^ ^me^ ^‘optout’.^ ^article^ ^|^ ^about^
Petter1@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Yea, but they only copy EU, which does the hard work. So I bet nobody would do anything, if EU wouldn’t.