johnfrombeyond

And if you are upset about it, you can blame governments (European Union et al) who want to dictate how technology companies do their work, because we all know that governments know better than private indicatory when it comes to technology.

You know what actually inflates the prices that consumers pay? Stupid lawsuits like this.

Technically it's phishing but in reality there is a better word: stupidity. These days everybody needs to know that no legitimate business representative would ever ask for your password, especially via email.

Now I need to get back to work, there is a Nigerian Prince that needs a small favor...

lkrupp said:

sflocal said:

Crossing fingers that Qualcomm gets the hammer dropped hard on it.  They deserve everything bad coming their way.

As does Apple?

Did you have anything intelligent to add, or are you just baiting people? As do you???

Hmmmm, if a company would rather shut something down than sell it, that means there isn't any financial reason that TikTok exists today. A for-profit company would take the cash rather than lose everything. I wonder what value TikTok has to ByteDance and the Chinese government then? All that data on American citizens and a strong propaganda tool maybe?

This is a reminder than even businesses who might have the money to purchase something like this will be even less likely to do so, because it can't even be shared among employees. And when employees turn over, major hassle to get the next one fitted. As others pointed out, the second hand market will be tiny and those that do purchase used ones (and ignore sizing) will have a less than ideal experience with it.

joogabah said:

chutzpah said:

So mean of the USA!  Bombing peaceful neighbouring countries is much more polite.

No hypocrisy there at all.  America never bombs other countries or invades and topples other governments, even on false pretexts.  And America had nothing to do with Ukraine's 2014 coup either.  And it didn't state explicitly its plan to balkanize Russia as a prelude to war with China which it can't compete against.

Since this is word for word Russian propaganda ("2014 coup" vs a fair election), it goes without saying that it is not accurate. Wikipedia can enlighten anyone who wants to know.

Apple asked all the dentists in the area if there were any patients with metal wires in their teeth, or unusual wear on the enamel. It was just a matter of time.

I've never heard a single consumer say they wanted more app stores on the iPhone. Only mega million dollar companies who want to make more profit themselves. Why do politicians keep trying to "fix" something that isn't broken, which will actually ruin the iPhone ecosystem? As a small developer adding more app stores is my worst nightmare.

The only winners in most class action lawsuits are the attorneys. The customers end up paying for it in the end, one way or the other.