NEWS: Apple Intelligence won?t launch in EU in 2024 due to antitrust regulation

Those in the many European countries who want to use Apple's new gimmicky "AI" features will be out of luck, at last for a while, thanks to the brainless red tape bureaucrats who have nothing actually useful to do other than interfere.
     Apple Intelligence won't launch in EU in 2024
     due to antitrust regulation, company says
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     Apple said Friday it won't release three recently announced
     features, including its flagship "Apple Intelligence" AI
     product, in the European Union in 2024 due to "regulatory
     uncertainties" stemming from the bloc's Digital Markets Act
     antitrust regulation.
     Apple said in a statement that the features - Apple
     Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and enhancements to its
     SharePlay screen-sharing product - won't be available to EU
     customers due to Apple's belief "that the interoperability
     requirements of the DMA could force us to compromise the
     integrity of our products in ways that risk user privacy and
     data security."
     The EU passed the DMA in 2023, spurred by concerns that a
     handful of major technology companies such as Amazon, Apple,
     Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok parent ByteDance were
     acting as "gatekeepers" in preventing smaller firms from
     competing. Among other things, DMA requires that basic
     functionalities work across competing devices and ecosystems.
     The interoperability requirements apply to iPhones and iPads.
     But Macs are affected by the DMA because iPhone Mirroring
     allows users to replicate the screen of an iPhone on the
     screen of a Mac.
     The loss of the company's AI product could be a disappointment
     to consumers. Apple Intelligence can proofread writing or even
     rewrite it in a friendly or professional tone. It can create
     custom emoji called Genmoji, search through an iPhone for
     specific messages from someone, summarize and transcribe phone
     calls and show priority notifications. The company also
     announced a partnership with OpenAI and a roadmap to other
     models being added to the platform.
     Apple shares were largely flat on the news. Apple saw 2023 net
     sales of $94.3 billion in Europe, just under a quarter of its
     worldwide net sales. Apple Intelligence also won't be available
     in Greater China, which accounted for $72.6 billion of its 2023
     sales.
     The company said it will work with the European Union "in an
     attempt to find a solution that would enable us to deliver
     these features to our EU customers without compromising their
     safety."
     <https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/21/apple-ai-europe-dma-macos.html>