avon b7

Apple can't really do social media without being cross platform. While Apple pretty much enjoys protected status in the US (the major Chinese players aren't allowed to compete) iMessage was able to do its thing (but very limited in scope).

Once you step out of the US it's a different story for IM for example. 

foregoneconclusion said:

avon b7 said: The solution is to make the App Store stand on its own two feet without strings from the mothership all over the place and actually make that division accountable for the services it provides. 

Pointless exercise. Example: Apple has a "strings from the mothership" store for digital downloads of movies/television shows. The prices on that store are typically in line with what other stores of that type offer. That's no different than the prices for mobile apps on the App Store being typically in line with prices on app stores on Android. So while the EU and UK like to claim there would be bargains to be had with multiple stores, the reality is that the prices are always going to be very similar. 

Apple could also make that store stand on its own two feet and unscramble the accountability. 

Prices, whether they are similar or not, aren't the issue in this case. 

"In response to the barrister's skepticism, Parekh said that "any attempt to allocate these types of costs would involve imprecise and subjective judgments." The prosecution pointed out that Apple was claiming that figuring out the profit margin of the App Store by itself was essentially impossible"

The barrister was right to be skeptical. If Apple cannot find the numbers, it will be by design. It doesn't want to provide the numbers. 

The solution is to make the App Store stand on its own two feet without strings from the mothership all over the place and actually make that division accountable for the services it provides. 

There is inevitably going to be some crossover with other concepts (and again by design!) but at least a pretty decent figure could be provided. 

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

Why don't they question all the lobby money they get?

Bunch of hypocrites. The reckoning its coming.

Lobbying is out of control and it's easy to see how these 'contributions' can be interpreted as a form of lobby. 

It's not my country but it does make me uneasy seeing how much, money gets invested in 'influence' or whatever you want to call it.

Clearly, something needs to be done on a preventative level and then also, at some point down the road, the situation needs to be investigated to see if the payments (past, present or future) did actually buy favour or not.

Perhaps difficult or impossible to determine. 

Looking on from the outside, things look very bleak. Almost the perfect storm forming and everyone only interested in their own potential gains. 

godofbiscuitssf said:

muthuk_vanalingam said:

manwithnoname said:

Xed said:

manwithnoname said:

WOW after of the complete disaster of Biden & Harris, the US economy and the country itself brought to its knees there is still this insane hatred of Trump! Unbelievable. That's and opinion of someone in the UK looking at what has happened to the great nation of the USA of the last four years. Tim Cook knows big change is coming and all he is doing is positioning himself and Apple to take advantage of that.

I don't expect you to do any research or read any actual news, but I would appreciate it you kept the douchey comments to a minimum.

No, I don't read the propaganda, unlike you. You are looking and believing an illusion. You will learn, eventually. You hope Trump fails but he will not.

Has Trump succeeded in making Mexico build that wall along the US border with their own money in his previous term? Or, is that planned for the current term? Or planned for some unknown date in future?

Did Trump put tariffs in place?  He sure did.

Food (no pun intended) for thought:

"The impact of the tariffs has been severe. US soybean exports to China were brought to a virtual halt, dropping over 90 percent and costing farmers roughly $7.9 billion in lost sales. But the tariff story has multiple levels. Selling less soybeans to China meant that US farmers would also have to bear the additional cost of placing more of their crops into storage facilities. The price tag associated with storage however has now gone up, thanks to the previous tariffs placed on the steel and aluminum products required in the construction of storage facilities. In fact, the cost of steel used in grain storage bins has risen 20 percent. Adding further insult to injury, these same steel tariffs are also raising the price of a wide range of farm equipment and machinery.