Oddbean new post about login | logout I've gotten two of these mails and still do not understand what they're asking me. So I see three options: 1. they're just bad at explaining; or 2. their lawyers told them to keep it vague; or 3. they're doing malicious compliance and/or lobbying by making it intentionally confusing, so authors and publishers blame the EU (3) would then help them with other aspects of DSA that are unrelated to books. If I had to bet it's (1) though - the iBooks department is probably too low on their list of things to spend any attention on, so they don't bother making this compliance step easy to understand.
I mean: a what does "trader" mean here? I wrote a book. I paid for my editor and other things as a business expense, so I consider royalties to be revenue. Does that make me a "trader"? What even is that? Why does the EU want to know that?
Doesn't it point you to a link that's supposed to help you decide if you're a trader or not?
Oh yes! https://itunespartner.apple.com/books/support/5401-manage-digital-services-act-compliance-information#trader (which about as helpful as the email, even linking to the EU page about the entire DSA)
Oh yes! https://itunespartner.apple.com/books/support/5401-manage-digital-services-act-compliance-information#trader (which about as helpful as the email, even linking to the EU page about the entire DSA) nostr.fmt.wiz.biz
> Trader self assessment: Find information about how to know if you are a trad Leads to: > Apple can’t determine whether you’re a trader. And: > To determine if you’re a trader, you should consider a range of non-exhaustive and non-exclusive factors (see those listed on page 2 in the EC’s Guidance), which may include ....
Would you say this is bad on the part of the EU or Apple though? I don't really know anything about this.