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Apple rightfully lost this case. Apple colluded with the publishers to raise prices for consumers as well as Amazon. Antitrust laws promote vigorous competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers and business practices (ex. Apple a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chadbag The title is correct. I forget what that form is called off hand, but it is correct. It is not "simple past" Is it Future Perfect Tense? A tense that indicates an action will have been completed …
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider Apple Music will launch on June 30 for $9.99 per month, or $14.99 per month for a family of up to six people. OP needs to fix the title. Apple could not have "passed" 70 cents of every dollar it e…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Except the supplier could have said no and walked away. The publishers can't without effectively removing almost half their sales outlets. Half their sales outlets? Amazon is only 1 outlet. Yes, any supp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark That's Amazon's spin after the contract was signed. What were its tactics prior to the resolution? None of us can say for sure what happened because none of us were there. But it couldn't be…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Right. Amazon holds the publisher's physical books as hostage. Wrong. "...we (Amazon) are currently buying less (print) inventory and "safety stock" on titles from the publisher, Hachette, than we ordinar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ECats It's pretty amusing that Amazon can carry on with their business for the longest duration of time and eat up more than 90% of the eBook market, to the vocal condemnation of writers, publishers and reduction of p…
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Antitrust laws were created to promote vigorous competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers and business practices. Anybody that thinks antitrust laws were created to prevent businesses from losing money from their archaic busin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iaeen I bought my iPhone to improve my quality of life. To an extent, that involves changing my lifestyle. If a store wants to get in the way of that, I'll avoid shopping there. It would be insane to claim the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Ask your boss to pay you less. You’re not doing a good enough job trolling here. You were doing it here for free as a moderator but AI realized you weren't worth it.
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Quote: Originally Posted by ibeam Bullshit. I'm not going to scan my W2, 1099, bank interest, capital gains, property tax bills and a million other expenses. That would take forever because I don't generally receive them in a secure digital for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by idrey No need for that! Is iPhone user want to use and enjoy our iPhones as much as possible. This stores will be avoided pretty much automatically. Apple pay = my money. No Apple pay = no money from me Did you b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gkroeger At its core, this isn't a war against Apple, it's a war against the credit card cartel; MC, Visa etc and the fees they charge merchants. I can't wait to see them start refusing plastic credit cards. Costco c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elehcdn No, you don't lose a cent by holding on to their stock, but when they get delisted and it drops down to penny stock status, few people are willing to purchase it, so any expected value disappears. In GTA…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sog35 i agree with that. but i would put the blame on GTAT not Apple for that. GTAT was the expert on Sapphire not Apple. The blame is on Apple. Apple admitted their process wasn't ready for production. Q…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Silver Shadow Perhaps this was a breakdown, perhaps it was calculated "they are way biting off way more than they can chew, we can manage that plant better." We will only know later. Edit: If you really want to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by zigzaglens And how, exactly, would you expect the court to facilitate that, given that they don't have anywhere near that much money? Because agreeing to these things is the only way GTAT can conceivably raise …
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GTAT has Tim Cook by the balls but Tim isn't enjoying it. Quote: Originally Posted by mac_dog they (gtat) agreed to the terms. it's why they call it an agreement. they over-promised and seriously under-delivered. period. If it was…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ash471 Apple is not turning the other cheek. They forced a supplier into bankruptcy. Apple is in total control here. They own the factory in Arizona. Who do you think is going to be buying 2,000 furnaces at $.10…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Nobodyy Wow. It really looks like Apple will get the short end of the stick here. And it seems likely they're ready to cut their losses now and move on, potentially to a better partner. First, GTAT was getting …