Recently I saw an article saying, Japanese law forced Apple to open up browser restrictions on iOS.
But this got me thinking, why couldn’t Apple just tell them to fuck off by saying that iOS is meant to be that way cause we are the ones who designed it and the ones who own it. And if you want a change, go make your own products.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate big-tech controlling peoples lives, but aren’t these kind of laws; telling a maker to make the product in a specific way, eliminating creative freedom?
Yes. Then Japan declares the product illegal in Japan. Apple loses 123M potential customers and their competitors gets 123M customers without even trying.
It’s better business to just do as Japanese law says. (But only in Japan) Keep the customer base and instead make a bit less money per unit sold.
That is after they spent a few million dollars on legal fees just in case they can find a loophole.