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  • How Apple stockpiled iPhones to avoid tariffs and keep prices low for a while

    hagarhagar
    blastdoor said:
    Apple should provide transparency about the impact of tariffs on prices by breaking out the tariff cost on receipts, kind of like how the effects of a sales tax are presented. 

    If companies do that, it will clarify for customers the effects of Trump's tariffs. That might make it harder for Republicans to toe the line. 
    Exactly: keep the iPhone at 999 dollars + 200 dollars Trump Tax. That way it's obvious Apple doesn't raise prices and who is to blame for this circus. 
    Toroidalmike1MisterKitjibiOS_Guy80darbus69danoxblastdooramadeus_hawatto_cobra

  • Russian kangaroo court fines Apple two seconds of profit over News row

    hagarhagar
    igorsky said:
    I don’t know why Apple is still in Russia but I bet there’s a lot of Russian citizens who don’t agree with Russian politics

    You would lose that bet.  There is ample evidence online that Russians by and large gleefully support Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, just as they’ve supported Russia’s past military actions. 

    You could be right. That’s what you get when there’s no free press. Or when the free press gets undermined like what happened in the US.  Half the country lives in a completely delusional phantasy world, only believing what Trump and the GOP tell them.  Very dangerous. 
    williamlondonFileMakerFellerwatto_cobraAlex_Vbaconstang

  • Apple Music violates EU antitrust laws, $39 billion fine possible

    hagarhagar
    rob53 said:
    I agree. It’s time Apple tells the EU to take a hike. $39B is a joke. 

    Who would end up getting this money? Lawyers and EU management? Would any actually go to the "affected" people? Probably not. From what the article appears to say it's all about Apple preventing iOS users from knowing about alternative music subscriptions. That's not worth $39B. The EU needs to be investigated for frivolous lawsuits but of course they won't because they are the government monopoly in Europe. I think Apple, and the US, should challenge the validity of the EU instead dealing directly with the governments of each sovereign country. The EU is simply a cartel.
    You seem to be living in a dreamworld. First, in the EU it’s very common to put consumers before profit and companies. So this (possible) fine was a long time coming. 

    Second, If Apple does business in the EU then the “validity of the EU” (whatever that means) is obvious and it’s not up to foreign companies to choose whether they want to deal with countries or the union. 

    Third, fines are usually added to the EU budget, directly and indirectly impacting the lives of millions of EU citizens. 
    ctt_zhsphericmuthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Apple backs down on CSAM features, postpones launch

    hagarhagar
    mike54 said:
    Its not about child protection, it all about getting US Gov surveillance software framework on Apple devices and Apple's best bet on getting this accepted is to use CSAM as the excuse.  Their multi-million dollar privacy campaign, in the  attempt to distinguish them from Google Android, is washed down the toilet with this single act.
    If that were the case, wouldn’t Google also be planning this?

    And would the US gov not need to pass a law to make this mandatory? Or keep it a secret so no one knows. 

    But only Apple combined with a public announced makes it completely unlikely the US gov is behind this. 
    [Deleted User]elijahgrobaba

  • Sherlocked by Sequoia: What apps Apple may have killed in macOS and iOS 18

    hagarhagar
    Don’t forget Gentler Streak for iOS and WatchOS. Definitely on the chopping block. After receiving 2 Apple Awards non the less. 
    Alex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook personally invested $1 million in Trump's inauguration

    hagarhagar

    This is the America you voted for: corporate greed, corruption, unregulated capitalism and favouritism. Kiss the ring or get out.

    Tim didn’t become CEO of one of the biggest companies in the world without knowing how to play his part.

    9secondkox2

  • AirTag 2 will launch in 2024 and work hand-in-hand with Apple Vision Pro

    hagarhagar
    An entire prediction and article that say absolutely nothing. 

    And of course Apple wants to build an ecosystem around spatial computing. We all witnessed WWDC23. Don’t need to be a well connected analyst to claim that. 


    StrangeDayswatto_cobraramanpfaffSkeptical

  • Apple Maps, Google Maps routed Washington highway drivers onto dirt road

    hagarhagar
    Expanding a 4 lane highway to 6 lanes? 12 lanes in total? Impressive how the US is still stuck in the previous century. There are other ways to address traffic jams. 
    TomPMRIavon b7watto_cobra

  • Thunderbolt 5 vs Thunderbolt 4 -- everything you need to know

    hagarhagar
    Connectivity innovation while keeping the same USB-C port?? A thing we would never see again in our lifetimes, according to many many complainers, with USB-C being the defacto standard in the EU . But yet here we are. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple Music violates EU antitrust laws, $39 billion fine possible

    hagarhagar
    Dooofus said:
    Apple should threaten to leave the EU marketplace if this nonsense doesn't end. The EU doesn't deserve nice things.
    Apple isn’t going anywhere. If they don’t leave Russia, China or an Israel then why on Earth would they leave the EU. It’s one the most stable, richest and biggest markets on the planet. And its legislation is rock solid. 
    muthuk_vanalingam