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EU questions whether Apple has changed anything after its $1.95 billion fine
For those of you supporting the EU, Apple created, manufactured and sold their products following the laws of every country they’ve sold in AT THE TIME OF ORIGINAL SALES. The EU has enacted new laws specifically to force changes to Apple products that benefit the EU, not necessarily consumers. The EU wants money and suing Apple is their way of getting it.
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EU questions whether Apple has changed anything after its $1.95 billion fine
As I've said many times before, people have plenty of choices on what products they want to buy. If you don't like Apple's way of doing things go with an Android platform or demand a company in the EU to build a new platform. Just because Apple's platform is the one many people want to use doesn't mean the EU has any right to tell Apple what to do. If you don't like what Apple is doing, find another platform. It's just like wine. If you don't want to pay for wine made in the EU, then grow your own, which the USA has done.
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Samsung overtakes Apple to become world's leading smartphone vendor
This happens in every market and rarely anything happens. Ford sells more trucks than any other company. Has the DOJ looked into any market manipulation by Ford? What about all their, and GM’s, manipulation of the truth? Even Microsoft just got off with a hand slap while they continue to coerce and manipulate the PC market. The US government is the largest user of Microsoft products, forcing everyone to use their server products with expensive client licenses yet nothing from the DOJ.phillyfanatic09 said:Market share is not the whole story; to show an illegal monopoly, the DOJ will have to prove that Apple maintains that market share by coercion, market manipulation or price manipulation. If US consumers simply prefer iPhones by a 2 to 1 margin, that’s not illegal. The case, as filed, faces some real challenges.
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Apple won't unlock India Prime Minister's election opponent's iPhone
I agree. The only way Apple could unlock an iPhone would be to use one of those (should be illegal) products that hack iPhones, like the one from Israel that supposedly is in the hands of many US government three-letter agencies.gatorguy said:
I didn't think it was a matter of "won't unlock", but instead cannot unlock, same with Google Android. If not then both Apple and Google would have to comply with legal orders to unlock them. There's good reasons that both companies employ E2EE. With no key they can't be ordered to turn over whatever was locked by the user. But beware of cloud services with backups.AppleInsider said:
Apple has not commented on the request to unlock the iPhone. The company does have a policy of providing law enforcement with certain information when subpoenaed, but it will never unlock iPhones.
As for moving manufacturing out of China into India, I consider both countries to be suspicious. I'm sure you know India is the Mecca of hacking and spammer organizations.
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Does Apple's platform need to be opened up?
Haven’t heard from Daniel in a long time but I’m fine with Apple being a closed platform.There are plenty of other companies that are “closed.” Costco is not “open” to the public, it’s a membership store just like Apple. You have to buy into both and get what they sell. I don’t go to Apple to buy a washer and drier and can only buy a few models of Apple products at Costco. Why isn’t Costco “open” enough so I can buy any Apple product?
Yes, my comment is stupid but so is all the garbage governments are spewing demanding Apple open up so they can abuse Apple’s products to meet their demands. Apple sells a product that does specific things, just like Costco sells specific things. Yes, you can play around with these items once you buy them but consumers only choice is what Costco is selling that day.
