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DAalseth said:

I don’t know French law. In the US a store is private property and the owner can restrict protests on their own property. Is this not true in Francs?

In the EU if a private company or their private property or website is a place people like a lot, apparently it is magically deemed a public service (like when the EU tried to claim Google cannot charge for ad placements on their website since it is “unfair” against those companies who don’t pay for ads)... and if they don’t like it they can apparently intrude and assault people who choose to try to have a peaceful shopping experience 

The worst employees at the Apple Store I used to work at now want to unionize. They harass people they don’t like, engage in subterfuge of management to undermine the company’s goals, and after 15 years feel entitled to just stay forever with piss poor behavior and attitudes. They are a detriment to the company and should have left at least 10 years prior to find better opportunities for themselves. Yet they have not. They want to hang out in the same retail store with their buddies to joke, undermine Apple, and continue to harass anybody they don’t like. Now they’ve partnered with the worst of the new employees who are just out of college and want a job for life. In addition a friend of the two biggest perpetrators became Leader of the Genius Bar and with those two perpetrators called the repair room “an HR free zone.” If you are a loser who makes bad decisions it is not Apple’s responsibility to give you a job for life so you can hone your hobby of harassment of other Apple employees, make fun of customers, and undermine Apple’s priorities. I for one absolutely do not support unionizing as I’ve seen what it can result in. 

I’ve owned 5 Watch devices. Two originals, one Series 2, and 2 Series 3. I’ve not had any of them have this issue.

I am confident that the People trust Apple more than their respective government

What is not mentioned is how many small and medium sized businesses make MFi products. Apple supports these businesses by having such a certification program that gives people “choice”, something I thought the EU was all about. So much for fake anti-trust and anti-competitive narrative. The EU will be doing damage to those small businesses that make the majority of their profit off the MFi program, some being European. That’s another reason Apple hasn’t changed from Lightning I would assume, so they don’t pull the rug out from other companies that depend on selling certified Apple accessories. But I guess Margarethe Vestager and her cohort will feel like they are powerful or some crap, while subverting the EU and EC’s own stated goals. Seems equally short sighted as decrying violent tyrants like Vladimir Putin while creating an energy policy that depends on that dictator. 

This has occurred on iOS 17 on my 15 Pro Max for the past few months prior to iOS 18 public release

Maybe Europeans can side load AI made by Daniel Ek and Spotify LOLOLOLOLOL

Judges aren’t smart enough to make decisions on their own now?

Shouldn’t the EU be focused on other things like Nord Stream 2 and what they’re going to do to heat their homes?

Apple should only sell the hardware in the EU, with no iOS on the device. Let Europe make their own OS or use a China based OS, and have no software support from Apple available at all. Have fun figuring it out EU!!! If the EU delusionally believes they can give it a go on their own, like they do with Russia, let them handle their own OS as well and see how that goes