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  • EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment

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    Mostly typical anti-EU answers.

    I know, I know: we are late, we are retarded, ... and all that stuff that will hinder us Europeans to be as amazing as Caucasian Americans living North of Mexico and South of Canada.

    That's OK.

    In the meantime, we'll have USB-C and replaceable batteries in the iPhone soon enough
    williamlondonmariowincoAlex1N

  • Cupertino wins a battle but loses the war over California's Apple tax ruling

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    9secondkox2 said:
    not on apple at all.

    but dang, cupertino was raking it in! 

    no wonder its such a nice place. LOL

    good to see that getting squared away. and good to see some common sense in my home state for once.

    totally different than the Irish tax deal. Ireland had the right to offer apple a deal and apple had the riht to take it. The EU is overreaching there, like many other areas.
    Of course it's "different". And of course the EU is "overreaching".

    Except, the courts decided it isn't different and that Apple was overreaching.
    EU 5 - Apple 0
    muthuk_vanalingamronn

  • Apple's Journal app is getting new features in iOS 18, but it's still not on iPad

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    iPad is more and more an afterthought to Apple.
    it is made for watching Netflix in bed
    watto_cobra

  • Tim Cook included in early list of potential VP candidates for Clinton campaign

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    Tim Cook for VP?
    what did he do as a CEO bur oversseing the failure to diversify (appleWatch subpar), failure in major software projects (iCloud, Maps, Siri), failure in investments for future (Titan).

    He's a hell of a COO, but he certainly isn't a CEO
    entropys

  • Review: Apple's late-2016 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

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    Welcome to dongle heaven.

    In the Spectrum's QL era it was considered a (fatal) flaw. Now it seems it's a feature
    dtb200hoodslide

  • Turkey's deputy PM encourages Apple to move in wake of EU tax ruling

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    Soli said:
    AdBrit said:
    In the end, all this is Apple trying to avoid paying taxes, something all of us do compliantly without begging for exception. Apple and other Corporations are simply moochers of a countries wealth whether that be the consumer's dollars or the consumer's labour. They are transient welfare bums.
    What should a corporation do? Pay taxes beyond what they are legally obligated to pay in order to appease you? I certainly have accountants looking for every possible way I can reduce how much I legally owe the gov't. You don't do that?
    Legally obligated to pay in Ireland is 12,5%.
    Not 1%, not 0.005%
    Gymkhanafrankie

  • Apple Watch Series 2 abandons gold Edition models in favor of ceramic

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    nealc5 said:
    I agree with georgecreedle that the gold models served their purpose to create buzz about the product.  They are now rare collectors items that will only increase in value.  I suspect this was Apple's plan all along.
    No, it wasn't Apple's plan.
    They'd have called it Limited Edition and announced its availability for only 12 months

  • Review: Apple Watch Series 2 is a great improvement, but watchOS 3 steals the show

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    If I remember correctly, the first applewatch also got a solid 4 out of 5.
    has the scoring methodology changed to have a superior product rate as well than the lesser product?
    mayve the first watch wasn't worth the 4 in the first place (just as much as this one doesn't deserve it either)

  • Apple FAQ responds to investor queries about $14.5B EU tax edict

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    Read TC's response to the EU.

    The guy clearly doesn't control the situation, juggling with issues, creating non-existant amalgams, ...

    quote
    Taxes for multinational companies are complex, yet a fundamental principle is recognized around the world: A company’s profits should be taxed in the country where the value is created. Apple, Ireland and the United States all agree on this principle.
    unquote

    The US may agree on the principle but still, but they also want to tax Apple when repatriating money earned and taxed in other parts of the world than the US

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    In Apple’s case, nearly all of our research and development takes place in California, so the vast majority of our profits are taxed in the United States. European companies doing business in the U.S. are taxed according to the same principle. But the Commission is now calling to retroactively change those rules.
    unquote

    Value does not only come from R&D. In any case, Apple was not taxed on R&D but on some imaginary cost
    Specifically, it's interersting to  ltice that depending on the tax breaks that patents are taxed differently. In that case the EU is right to claim that tailored taxing has been ruled.
    They always favor larger corporations which creates an unfair advantage over the smaller companies


    In short: 0,005% is not 12,5%.
    How about explaining that, in full, Mister Cook

  • Apple Watch market share falling amongst fitness trackers, holding steady with smartwatches

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    rare comment said:
    "Combined with a relatively high price compared to the fitness trackers most people seem to be opting for, and it becomes something of a luxury for the mass markets Apple needs to woo in order to make this thing as successful as their other product lines. " I agree that Apple Watch's price is far higher than fitness trackers. I also agree people see Apple Watch as a luxury but I think this is accessible/aspirational luxury pricing that has a good precedent for working in the mass-market: iPods. Mid-line iPods have typically been about $200 (for example, the third generation iPod Nano 8GB or the original iPod Mini 4GB at $250). Apple Watch starts at $269 (for 8GB). So Apple Watch seems to be in the right pricing zone for the "gift" segment of the Apple line up. It will simply take some time for people to realize the Edition was an aberration. The Apple Watch is Apple's replacement for the iPod. For more on watch pricing, see: http://q10a1.blogspot.com/2015/03/apple-watch-pricing.html
    Well, when you're market share went south by over 70%, it means that the market begs to differ.

    Fitbit's offer is more solid. You know what capabilities you're buying and battery life is better... and I'll be moving to the Alta
    A smartwatch is just so-so in every category.
    mac_128