Well I'm glad the EU decided to tackle important subjects. Not like they have a ...

andsoitis · on Oct 27, 2022

You can work on multiple problems at once.

For instance, since you brought up energy, even recently it was feared that Europe will have trouble this winter but now they have a glut: https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-once-fearing-gas-rationi...

There are also long term and short term problems that warrant different strategies.

Some problems are important to solve but not urgent, while others are both.

shtopointo · on Oct 27, 2022

I’m glad the WSJ is covering that but have you checked energy prices in Europe when compared to last year?

Newspapers can say whatever, the reality on the ground is that energy prices have gone up 5-10x in the past year.

Some problems are not even worth mentioning before the big ones are solved. Sometimes you have to hone all your energy to solve the big problems and worry about the small ones later. Priorities and such.

As far as I see the EU govt is more interested in image than actual solutions. Taking on Apple and winning looks sexier than fixing the very unsexy problem of energy or inflation.

izacus · on Oct 27, 2022

You've literally gotten a link about how EU is actively working on exactly what you want.

And fixing the anticompetitiveness of Apple at once. Efficiency!

ohbtvz · on Oct 27, 2022

The law has been on the books for years and has been enacted for a while already. It's Apple who's making an announcement here -- that they are bravely deciding to follow the law.

And the EU has multiple employees. They can work on different things at the same time.