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Epic vs. Apple: What Apple is being forced to do to the App Store
Rulings are one thing for the court, remedies are entirely different and they are usually bad in the case of tech. The Apple case is an example in that 'anti steering' is something that many of us would agree with. However this judge has placed a value on Apple's IP that allows the App Store to exist...'zero'. I do not agree. It is worth a lot and all the developers know that. Perhaps the smart people at Apple will figure out something to salvage this. An appeal? That will not work here. The judge is angry and the judge is clear. As an aside, the same issue of remedies will come up with Google which has had 2 rulings against it. We understand the rulings but the remedies that are being suggested?... Break up Google? Sell off Chrome? ... none make sense, but then again, judges are experts in law, not experts in business. Absolutely Apple should have done something concrete about anti steering, and the judge would not have had to wade into remedies that in summary, will harm Apple more than help developers.
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Judge sanctions Apple for blatantly violating 'Fortnite' App Store order
Tim Cook, the head of the world's largest corporation, wilfully disregarded a court order. Irony after personally supporting Trump's inauguration party, that Cook has caused a 'constitutional crisis' of sorts in his company. The questions on the earnings call today will be brutal and AAPL will take a hit. Thanks Tim. My retirement fund had not shrunk enough.
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Trump's tariffs could drive up iPhone prices by about 10%
If Apple absorbs the tariff cost rather than pass to buyers, then the tariff really becomes an Apple tax. That by itself is a problem if some tariff exclusion does not happen. Additionally Apple has in past absorbed costs with currency exchange, when the US dollar was so much higher than most currencies. Currently, the US dollar is two standard deviations above its 50-year average so FX is another headwind for Apple selling outside of the US.
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UK trial over Apple's App Store fees seeks $1.83B fine
When are we all going to be totally exhausted by endless Apple attacks from outraged politicians, regulators and commenters? When you are in charge of making laws, you can make anything illegal. Watching a recent series on Thomas Cromwell during Henry VIII's rule (fascinating), you can see that the UK has lead the world in that LOL. No doubt Apple will be made to conform with 'laws' but really why can't the UK (and EU) be honest about the reason they are doing this? 'We need money, Apple has money. We need to become competitive in global tech. Apple is a leader in global tech that is hard to beat on a level field'. And finally, how do you say 'Apple does NOT have a monopoly' in English? Saying you have a monopoly on unique devices you make, which are a small part of the market of devices that do the same thing, can hardly be called a monopoly... unless of course you can make up laws and definitions.
