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zdragnar | on: Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied request for exemption
If the options are "launch in the rest of the world quickly and get to the EU later" or "launch everywhere at once years after the competition" PMs and execs are going to choose the latter every time.
yxhuvud | parent | next
The third option is: launch in a way that is compliant with EU rules everywhere. Except they don't want that as they want to retain their outsized market power.
tzs | root | parent
That's not a third option. It is the second option they listed.
rootusrootus | parent
Former, you mean?
zdragnar | root | parent
Yes, indeed, I wasn't paying attention.
rootusrootus | root | parent
I figured, just wanted to verify, because while the former seems like the obvious answer, it could be argued with a straight face that Apple's strategy is in fact the latter. Or something like it.