teejay2012

About

Username
teejay2012
Joined
Visits
86
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
757
Badges
1
Posts
356
  • Apple responds to DOJ antitrust lawsuit by refuting every claim

    tmay said:
    Sadly, I spend too much time watching Youtube video's on economics.

    While opinions vary, it is notable that the consensus is that Spain, Italy, and Greece, are already in a demographic crisis of an over-age population, and weak economies, and the remainders are, for the most part, in a very precarious position, excepting Norway, and the Baltic States. The UK, in its own right, is a basket caae.

    While it's apparent that the EU believes that punishing the Big Tech "gatekeepers" to level the playing field is a great idea, the reality is that it is lack of investment in innovation has and is hampering the EU. The DMA isn't going to fix that, and it is only going to solidify the Big Tech's in the EU, albeit less profitably.




    Critical point. It is like the old joke of running away from a bear and only having to run faster than the guy beside you to survive. The EU commission is well aware of the lack of sufficient investment for tech to flourish. Many start strong and then wither.  That the EU even considers Spotify to be a tech success - when it has never turned a profit despite having 60% of EU music streaming users and continues to lose shareholder money, frankly is a sad joke. Apple is not Spotify's problem but rather its under performing CEO and several bad business decisions. The EU absolutely has a huge potential to innovate and to spawn more tech giants. However the idea that hobbling successful US tech companies by fines or that even more regulations will somehow fix the current gap is wishful thinking. If the EU Commission really believes this will work, then perhaps they should get Peter Pan to replace Ms. Vestager as head of the EU Commission later this year.

    thttmaydanox
  • Apple responds to DOJ antitrust lawsuit by refuting every claim

    avon b7 said:
    "Apple responded by stating that the claim was misleading."


    I wouldn't say the case against Apple is going to be a walkover for Apple. We'll have to wait and see and perhaps what will be more interesting are the breadcrumbs of information relative to internal communications that might drop along the way. 

    Wow I could not quote the whole rant for lack of electrons... An Android phone user in the EU has a lot of time on their hands to write out such a lengthy post on Apple, yet it remains full of errors. Avon b7 must be an EU regulator.
    williamlondon
  • EU launches mass DMA violation probes against Apple, Google, and Meta

    Vestager uses a lot of 'we feel' and 'we are concerned'. Fortunately EU courts are more about the letter of the law than interpretations and I hope this will be like the Apple-Irish tax case. Still this has got to be painful for Apple and the other companies she has targeted. It also makes me wonder how much of this could have been avoided by changes in Apple policies and behaviour years ago, or if this was always going to be a 'EU vs US tech companies' showdown.
    9secondkox2jas99freeassociate2
  • Analysts mostly nonplussed by DoJ suit, and believe Apple will win

    Kuminga said:
    I work for an investment firm as a back end researcher and by yesterday afternoon , my bosses  were basically laughing at this outdated and idiotic indictment and the fact that the actual attorney general was made to stand there and read these outdated charges .



    I think Garland organized the show. It was intended to show that he can actually do something. I have my doubts for this case and for Garland's ability to win any case. It seems all the smart lawyers went to work for Samsung LOL.
    jas99badmonkiOS_Guy80ssfe1140domi
  • Apple will crush the DoJ in court if Garland sticks with outdated arguments

    here4this said:

    Shouldn’t a WATCH be compatible with the wearer regardless of the OS? It’s a WATCH. Imagine if Rolex decided that you have to have a Rolex phone to wear one of their watches. 
    For the kind of money Rolex charges, I would make sure it worked for me before I purchased LOL.
    I do not think your example is even close, as Apple Watch interoperability did not change after your purchase. You can use an Apple Watch with Android phones, but you need an iPhone to complete the initial setup and there is quite a bit of functionality that is not available (ie Health metric syncing). But it does get messages and does work as a watch.

    williamlondon