krawall

It's a touch early. The European Weltverbesserer will come to to this thread soon enough to tell you why Apple is wrong and every cent has to be paid. 

Sadly, the damage has been done already. Had te commission simply declared that no tax aid can be given (in the future) this all could have been avoided. In that respect I think what Steve Cook has said makes sense. Simply Pro-europeanism.

I'm so ashamed of being European right now and thank goodness I don't live there anymore. It's one thing of slapping the hands of Ireland who offered this deal to Apple and to discontinue this practice which I'm all for. But it's another thing with demanding money for something that has happened in the past that was in full accordance with the law. 

Worse, the European (well I only read German so I shouldn't generalise but I see what some of you guys write here) media spin it to greedy cheat Apple and this for sure hurts Apple in the long run. 

One should not forget that this kind of financial support is paid to anyone who is big enough to be attractive and a company cannot just pay more taxes out of goodwill because they feel like. A company has to be profitable and has responsibility to it and its employees (first and foremost).

It makes me sick that the EU just goes out, in dire need of money, and decrees what was lawful for 36 years to be unlawful.

Shame on you. 

I do appreciate that (and I'm saying this because I want to be polite not because I truly believe it) Appleinsider tries to cover critical news both if they are
 positive or negative but I'm wondering should they change their name to Appleoutsider.

In all honesty, this is just tabloid level. I'm wondering what kind of impact "news" like this have if they are brought forward  via a "fan forum". AI, you're not doing anything good for Apple (and us).

And yes, I clicked. But more of this and AI is past (and I'm actually a paying subscriber to their app) for me.