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FC49er said:

DAalseth said:

When it was just accusations mostly in the press I was able to wait and see. 
But that the NLRB has ruled that the accusations are accurate that changes things. It’s the difference between being accused, and being convicted. Now Apple needs to pay the piper for what they did. This will both hurt Apple directly through penalties, and hurt their image, their reputation. Apple needs to do some serious soul searching and clean house. This is not acceptable. 

NLRB is worthless and does the bidding of who ever is in power at the moment. 

What proof do you have to back your allegation? Taking a leaf out of your book, I can allege that you are a liar without needing to prove my allegation. 

Not everything designed and manufactured by Apple is wonderful. Think wireless mouse that could not be used while being charged.
Apple should have just stopped with the poorly designed keyboard instead of being pigheaded and in denial. 

Or you could live in Australia and be covered by the Australian Consumer Law and not have to pay anything to Apple.

Who is the stupid Apple executive who keeps making these stupid design decisions? Must be be of these three. Might as well go the whole way and remove the power switch all together and go with plug and play. That should make the ‘I don’t turn things off’ people rather happy.

When all the ports are being used, then lifting a mini out of a shelf to reach under for a power button in a dumb location will be really irritating 

Maybe the Europeans will force a redesign. 

CheeseFreeze said:

cessnapaul said:

"we love developers" as long as we get a 30% cut.

Just because Karl Benz invented the automobile doesn't mean he gets a cut of every toll road.

Saying Apple deserves a 30% cut of all digital goods because they built the platform is like saying a mall owner deserves a percentage of everything sold in every store, forever, even after the store builds its own loyal customer base and no longer relies on foot traffic.

Sure, Apple built the “mall” - the App Store - and they deserve fair rent for access and discovery. But when Apple blocks tenants from even telling customers that cheaper options exist outside the mall, or forces them to use Apple’s own checkout system, it stops being about fair business and becomes about control.

The real issue isn’t whether Apple should earn money - they already do, handsomely. It’s that they’ve positioned themselves as landlord, tax authority, and competitor all at once. Epic’s win doesn’t mean developers escape costs - it just means they can finally choose how to run their businesses. That’s not freeloading. That’s competition.

And let’s be honest: a free economy isn’t absolute. It needs guardrails. When two companies are the app economy, protecting free markets requires regulation - not just to stop abuse, but to keep the system open for the next generation of creators.

Those complaining developers would not be developers if there was no Apple App Store. They should be bowing down doing homage to Apple whenever someone buys their app.

Here goes the dumbing down of macOS.