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Huawei cloning Apple parts, rewarding employees for tech theft
laoban00 said:tulkas said:MacPro said:No different to Google really, didn't those programmers that created Android v2 (i.e. the one they rushed out to copy iOS after they dropped their Blackberry knock off) get paid? Those programmers being paid was a reward for tech theft just as much.
It's always made me laugh when the haters bash everything Apple and then use clones of Apple products. It's like they are trying to clown themselves.
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Justice Department investigating AT&T and Verizon for blocking eSIM adoption, Apple report...
CheeseFreeze said:
If there’s one company who wants to regain control over their ecosystem it’s Apple. Ten years ago it was unacceptable when Microsoft pushed Internet Explorer, and they were forced to change that. Apple is much worse in that regard and yet the crickets are chirping.
The problem was never with Microsoft building their ecosystem. The problem was Microsoft abusing their monopoly in one market (PCs) to attempt to dominate another market (web browsers). Apple does not have a monopoly in any market. -
EU hammers Google with record $2.7 billion antitrust fine for illegal search manipulation
bshank said:gatorguy said:They won't be allowed to put Google Shopping at the top of the results page, which I'm sure was an effort to address eBay and Amazon product searches. Understandable Google would wish to do so, but also understandable that it could be seen as affecting competitors unfairly. If Google Search wasn't as good as it is, reportedly over 90% share in the EU (really??!), this would have probably passed muster IMO but the success of Google Search means they just can't do some of the some things a smaller competitor might get by with.
While personally a $2B+ fine for favoring (I've seen zero evidence they were blocking anyone else despite Ms. Vestager's comments) seems just a tad excessive considering the goal is to force them to change the way they present product search results which the ruling itself does, it is what it is. The EU Commission is convinced they hold sway over companies no matter where they do business as long as some of that business is in Europe. (I'll have to do some reading to see how that came about as it seems very odd to me.) Google can well afford to pay it, and it doesn't have anything to do with general Google Search results as far as I've read so that should not be affected. But Google competitors do seem to have Ms. Vesteger's ear so this is just the first shoe to drop.
Anyway, if anyone is curious how Google displays Google Shopping and how it can be seen as anti-competitive do a search for some product, perhaps a toaster, and see how Google displays the results. The EU feels the same ranking rules that apply to other shopping sites should also apply to Google's own products, even tho it is their search product that's being used. Once you get to the point of being seen as dominant in your field the EU believes you should play by stricter rules, and in some way I tend to agree.
Now is the EU unfairly targeting big US techs? I've not really firmly formed my own opinion on that yet. The quick-take would be... maybe. The EU is still chasing Apple for a few $B, Facebook was fined there in recent months for misleading the EU Commission, Amazon had to change the way they market books there or face fines, and very recently Nike and Comcast also have had new antitrust investigations targeting their practices opened by Ms. Vestager and the EU Commission.
There's also the so far rarely mentioned look by the EU into possible anticompetitive practices in the Apple App Store and Google Play where Ms. Vestager may try to make many of the same arguments she did in this case. More fun to come.
Whether you think that is fair or unfair is a matter of opinion. The EU is saying that under their rules it is illegal. Perhaps in the USA it is not illegal. No problem. Google is quite capable of (and indeed is obliged to) adjusting its product to reflect the regulations of the markets in which it chooses to operate. -
Apple, other tech companies pledge to continue efforts to meet Paris climate accord
tycho_macuser said:spacekid said:tycho_macuser said:boltsfan17 said:jungmark said:Excellent. Just because Donnie doesn't understand science, doesn't mean we roll back progress.
I admire the cut of your jib sir!
Lol, I guess time will tell... if, in a few years, literally all the other countries that stayed in the accord are taken over by China- I'll owe you an apology for not believing that coming together to agree to not destroy our planet was actually a nefarious Chinese plot for world domination!!!!!
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Hands on with all the best Apple accessories at CES 2023
Why are AppleInsider repeatedly featuring the Razer Kiyo cam despite the fact that there are no official Razer drivers or software for Mac OS and no sign of any coming in the near future? I know that you can configure the camera using a PC and then connect it to a Mac, but that's hardly an acceptable solution.