EU's latest demand on Apple about geolocking is unforgivably naive

So the EU wants Apple to ignore US law when it comes to doing business in the European Union. The problem is Apple is an American country and has to comply. All of those “issues” are based off of rules that Apple did not create, the US did, and they have to comply with that. Just like the examples of rights management of content. Credit and debit cards do not always work here in the US, and the reason is the ISSUING bank, not the merchant. The EU has different laws when it comes to using cards and sometimes places like Apple do not want to get involved with regulations and rules that make taking that card more complicated, so the card is outright declined. Even card issuers like AMEX who issue cards to people living in other countries get their cards declined here in the US because of the processing company that the merchant uses. That isn’t Apple’s problem, nor is it their fault.