

Tiktok, Apple and Temu
12 snips Mar 13, 2024
Podcast discusses the legislative backlash against TikTok and Apple, data localization challenges, TikTok's political influence, and innovative business models in fashion manufacturing.
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Contrasting Regulatory Approaches
- The EU and US take radically different approaches to regulating technology companies.
- The EU uses broad, systematic rules, while the US targets specific companies and practices.
Apple's App Store Policies
- Apple's anti-steering rules in the App Store, in place since 2011, require digital content consumed within apps to use Apple's payment system.
- This 30% fee creates challenges for companies like Spotify with smaller margins.
Recurring App Store Debate
- The arguments about Apple's App Store policies have remained largely unchanged since 2011.
- Benedict Evans notes that his 2011 research report on the topic still holds true today.