Planned obsolescence: Apple attacked for the “serialization” of its spare parts(lemonde.fr)

101 points by julbaxter 3 years ago | 82 comments

French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax(lesnumeriques.com)

35 points by nick486 3 days ago | 29 comments

Les Numériques article on a French National Assembly amendment adopted 11-10 creating a €0.055/GB tax on online content providers' data traffic to French users.

iPhone 12 withdrawn from French market for non-compliance with EU regulation(anfr.fr)

265 points by patadune 3 years ago | 231 comments

AirPods live translation blocked for EU users with EU Apple accounts(macrumors.com)

400 points by thm 1 year ago | 493 comments

MacRumors news article reporting that Apple's AirPods Live Translation feature will be unavailable to EU users with EU Apple accounts, likely due to EU regulations.

noyb win: French electronics retailer Fnac Darty fined €7M(noyb.eu)

36 points by latexr 1 day ago | 5 comments

noyb news post reporting that France's CNIL fined Fnac Darty €7 million for using third-party trackers in its mobile app without consent, following a 2023 noyb complaint.

Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July(ing.dk)

29 points by bogeholm 3 months ago | 25 comments