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Tim Sweeney Accuses Apple of Seeking DMA Exemption to Block Rival AI Assistants

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Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic#1678inTech

Modern mobile operating systems have permission systems so users decide exactly what data their apps can access, and what they can’t.

Ironically, Apple engineers led the way building a fantastic permission system which Apple’s lobbying team now pretends they don’t understand.

Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

This is EXACTLY what Apple is doing, and they're flooding the Internet with astroturfed claims that they're blocking competing AI assistants from iOS "for security", rather than building multibillion-dollar tool booths in front of competing, superior AI assistants.

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Tim Sweeney@TimSweeneyEpic

Apple wants the RULE OF LAW to blink. Their ongoing blatant violations of the EU DMA law, lack of corrective changes in response to Australia’s findings of illegality, DOJ v Apple, and their contempt of court and criminal referral in Epic v Apple, make this unmistakable.

The Verge@verge

Apple wants Europe to blink https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/947051/apple-europe-dma-siri-ai

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