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  • Employee COVID outbreak forces Apple to close Texas store

    ronnronn
    Employees who worked on Black Friday describe a store that was packed "shoulder to shoulder" with people. Since Texas isn't mandating facial coverings, customers were not required to wear masks in the store.
    Shocked. That only 22 workers tested positive. Damn shame that Apple didn't use common sense and institute its own COVID protocols to lessen the chance of an outbreak. With the holiday season in full effect, let's hope even more closings aren't necessary.
    williamlondondarkvaderbaconstang

  • Epic vs. Apple App Store changes will wait until after the appeal

    ronnronn
    crowley said:
    So they've only got a 30 day stay to make a fuller argument?  More of a delay than a win.  Good luck to them though.
    They asked for 30 days. The court gave them until after the appeal was concluded.
    Yes. From the ruling:
    Therefore, we grant Apple's motion to stay part (i) of paragraph (1) of the permanent injunction. The stay will remain in effect until the mandate issues in this appeal.

    So this will stay put for several months.

    maximaramaximara

  • Apple made secret 5-year $275B deal with Chinese government

    ronnronn
    This wouldn't be so worrisome if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) hadn't been shredded with no viable replacement. And with the Build Back Better Act facing an extremely uphill battle in the Senate, the US will continue to struggle while China eats its lunch (hell, it's breakfast, dinner and all snacks as well!). Wouldn't surprise me that the agreement has been extended and we won't know for some time.
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  • Apple's $100M settlement with developers gets preliminary approval

    ronnronn
    sflocal said:
    So do the plaintiff's lawyers still get their 30% cut from that settlement for attorney fees?
    It appears so. Looks like the class will get at least $68m with $2m going to the class administrator to set up the website, distribute payments to developers, etc.

    Kinda weird that some very small developers will receive a minimum payment more than twice their App Store earnings:

    1. 6.2.1  A Settlement Class Member who earned Proceeds of no more than $100.00 from all of their Associated Developer Accounts will receive a minimum payment of $250.00.
      6.2.2  A Settlement Class Member who earned Proceeds of between $100.01 and $1,000.00 from all of their Associated Developer Accounts will receive a minimum payment of $500.00.


    The biggest takeaway for developers is Apple halving commissions for small developers for at least three years and implementing a more transparent review process.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple to pay $30M to retail employees for off-the-clock bag, device searches

    ronnronn
    It's absolutely ridiculous that Apple wasted all this time and money fighting when they could have settled years ago and stopped the stupidity. I worked in retail years ago and similar security schemes were scuttled or modified when it became nonsensical. In one instance lockers were provided off the selling floor and inventory areas so employees never had an opportunity to place items in their bags. In both situations, security checks were conducted with enhanced numbers: more security guards joined by supervisors, and when necessary even managers to make sure employees were not inconvenienced for more than a 2/3 minutes tops. What does it say about Apple that it fought this all the way to the State Supreme Court and for close to a decade?  :#
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