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Facing reality, whether it's about Apple or the EU, is a core requirement for good management (www.baldurbjarnason.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Facing reality, whether it's about Apple or the EU, is a core requirement for good management

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”

In that regard, you cannot make a manager understand a thing that may detrimental to the profits of the company. Because the profits decide upon the size of the manager's bonus - even if the profits are entirely fictional, only exist as a plan, a power point presentation or are pure hype for investors. So managers have a vested interest in insisting that they can circumvent regulations/disregard laws/lobby for exemptions/... in order to make more money, no matter what reality looks like.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Slightly disappointed that it's about treating the EU market like its American counterpart...but...it's fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I agree with the article - treating the EU like the USA is the core issue here.

So many people are arguing over and over that the EU solutions won't benefit consumers in any meaningful way. And they're right - because that's not what the EU is trying to do. It obviously is painful for everyone who owns lightning cables to have to buy USB-C cables.

The EU is trying to benefit businesses. That's their job - make sure the EU is a good place to do business (if you play by the rules anyway). This will, in the long term, benefit consumers indirectly since it creates a thriving competitive market where you have to offer good products at fair prices to be successful. Those lightning cables were going to wear out anyway, and USB-C cables are technically better and also cheaper.

The US approach is to try to achieve that long term goal directly, but they rarely actually succeed. The EU's approach is the right one in my opinion. But even if you think the EU is taking the wrong approach that doesn't really matter, like it or not that's the approach they are taking and trying to fight it is a waste of time.