rhbellmor

Apple needs to improve the speed of Apple Home loading and refreshing.  We built a 5,000 square foot home trying to utilize HomeKit 100% and got close.  Every light switch and blinds and shades are controlled by Lutron.  I moved everything from Lutron to Apple Home on our iOS devices and Macs so I would use Apple Home but after a few months of only using the Apple Home app I had to go back to using the Lutron app about 90% of the time due to Apple Home responding so slowly.  Calls to Apple support have not provided an answer or fix. 

All Europe sees is NEW money for them to spend coming from tech companies. These fines should be passed on to users in those countries since they are a tax.

Like my wife always tells me when I complain about some design feature or lack of in my new car, she tells me to design my own car.  The developers are free to design their own smartphone and App Store like I can start my own car company.  I like Apple protecting me and my smartphone.  When Apple stops doing that I’ll go back to a dumb flip phone!

As an Apple shareholder I hope Apple has factored this cost of doing business in Europe into their pricing in Europe.  Seems to me Europe looks at large U.S. tech companies like Apple to pay for their bloated national budgets.

Happy retirement and thank you for your years at Apple.  I still have one of his business cards I got in Dallas at the launch of the Macintosh IIfx, in fact I still have a Macintosh IIfx in my garage.

We are looking at the new Audi SQ9 rumored to be available next year.  CarPlay 2 is a must have and will wait until it is available with Audi's cars or will look at other auto manufacturers.  We need the room in full sized SUV for future grandchildren.

"No good deed goes unpunished". This should never have proceeded.  

Hell will freeze over before I load any apps from Samsung onto my iOS devices. BTW, I will also never purchase any product from Samsung.

beowulfschmidt said:

Apple could also just pull out of the UK entirely, fire all their UK employees, and stop buying UK goods and services.  I know they won't, but feck all fascist governments.

Even though I am a shareholder of Apple stock I would agree, let Apple pull out of the UK market 100%.  Let those British iPhone users go out and have to buy new non iPhone phones.  Let's see how that goes over.  It's time for Apple to put their foot down.  If they do it for UK, the rest of the world will soon follow.  Apple, grow a pair!

Like the man said, "It's the economy stupid"  credit cards are maxes out, no funds to get that new iPhone.