rob53

So what's going to happen with GS drops the Apple Card? Will Apple simply change to a different bank? If/When they do what's that going to do to my credit? Will it cause a drop when it's cancelled and again when the next bank does a credit check?

Maybe it's about time the USA starts charging Canadian "visitors" every time they come across the border to buy gas and groceries at a big discount over Canadian prices. Check the Costco gas station in Bellingham, WA, and see how many cars with BC plates are there. Let's also start charging taxes or tariffs on semi truck trailers having free reign on USA highways. 

spheric said:

Fidonet127 said:

tlinn said:

I will forever be grateful to the Europeans for forcing Apple to adopt USB-C. But the idea that Apple shouldn't be compensated for developing a platform that allows thousands of developers to make a living, or that the "fair" amount of compensation should be decided by developers seems ridiculous to me. Apple is not a charity, nor do they exist to be the world's R&D department. Much of what the Europeans are doing feels like protectionism.

That said, there are plenty of examples where Apple disadvantages its own customers and stifles innovation—like forcing all browsers to use the same engine. This is where government action should focus. 

There is no evidence that EU forced Apple to go USB-C as Apple was already heading there. Yes they put it into law, but the market was already forcing Apple to go USB-C. Due to timing, EU got the credit. 

These statements are so telling: you all think the EU is all about Apple. Fact is, the EU doesn’t give a SHIT about Apple: the USB-C standardisation was about getting EVERYBODY to unify their charging. Apple was already headed there because they aren’t stupid and knew it was coming (and they probably talk regularly with the Commission), having sat out the horrific micro-USB suggestion. 

The EU rightfully gets the credit for kicking everybody into supporting a single standard — they’d already been working with various manufacturers for a decade before Apple finally switched their iPhones, as well. 

Why does everybody have to unify their charging standard? Europe has all kinds of electrical "standards" so why don't they adopt America's standard? There's no way America will adopt any non-American electrical standard. This is the EU having a double standard. They want to keep their standard and force others to adopt theirs even if it's inferior to others. How many electronic products are actually developed by the EU? Not anywhere near the number developed in the USA yet the EU continues to force American companies to do the stupid things the EU demands they do. 

Meson said:

Microsoft considers this low risk, because, let's be honest, no serious company is going to run their business on macs.

I assume you should have added an /s at the end. I remember Delta Airlines mentioning they are seriously thinking about going to Apple products. Most publishing houses, big and small, are running on Apple hardware because it just runs better but it also runs longer, making their ROI much better. Many companies are required to run on Microsoft software because of business and legal (forced) requirements. This doesn't mean they'd really want to, they just are forced to continue paying for client licenses. Apple hardware is much easier to secure than Windows-based hardware. Checked out the government requirements for securing government systems. Apple has almost everything built into its operating systems while Microsoft requires a of extra software and tons of specialized configuration. 

disclaimer: I used to work for a large DOE contractor and helped Apple with government configuration requirements. This was back in the '90s and early 2000's. It tool Apple several years to bake in everything that's needed. Microsoft will never be close to Apple because it has to stay open enough to satisfy all the third-party hacks. Unfortunately, the efforts by the EU is breaking this baked in security because government organizations want to be able to hack into every single computerized device in the world.

Doesn't surprise me. Microsoft has been producing insecure software since the very beginning. Remember all the macro issues? Nothing has really changed.