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  • Apple's fight with Trump's tariffs will shift the cost to customers

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    KohanMike said:
    I firmly believe Trump and his cohorts have made these moves knowing full well that the stock market will drop drastically, and they're shorting it in under-the-table to profit from their actions. And I'll say this outright, Trump is following the same path as Hitler did, killing journalism services that would tell the truth, like Radio Free Europe, taking over magnanimous services like the Kennedy Center to push his own prejudicial attitude, like The Kennedy Center. My parents were Holocaust survivors, with that I'm very sensitive to the kind of actions Trump is taking.

    I've said this since her first announced the tariffs.  He knows precisely the effect they have, and he was planning on it so that he and his cronies will profit.  His base swallows the "protect American business" line like a pig swallows slop.
    jroyFileMakerFeller

  • France fines Apple over App Tracking Transparency, but doesn't order changes

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    If they had said, "ATT is fine, but Apple has to follow the same rules, so since you didn't, we're fining you," that would have been pretty legit.

    Instead they said, "ATT is fine, nothing wrong with it.  But we're going to fine you anyway.  Because we can, and there's not a damned thing you can do about it."
    mike1AnObserverentropys

  • How to turn off Apple Intelligence -- and why you need to keep turning it off

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    appples said:
    A small amount of GB is a big deal? Huh. 

    "It's not a big deal for me, so nobody else should be worried about it either."

    For people whose storage is nearly full, yes, it can be a big deal. 
    tiredskillsmuthuk_vanalingamgrandact73

  • Apple may escape big fine after iPhone browser selection screen changes

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    ihatescreennames said:
    I read somewhere a few months ago that if you choose Safari you have to choose it again after every OS update, but if you choose a different browser that one will persist after an OS update. Safari is the only choice that will require you to choose it over and over via the browser selection screen. I haven’t experienced that myself as I’m not in the EU. 

    Another thing I don’t fully understand is why this is necessary when, from what I understand, Chrome has a much higher browser percentage than Safari does. Seems odd to force the choice screen when users obviously already know they have options. 

    It's necessary because it's Apple, and Apple MUST be made to obey.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • US lawmakers denounce UK's secretive attack against Apple encryption

    beowulfschmidtbeowulfschmidt
    The solution is simple.  Pass a law that requires U.S. corporations to reveal any such demands by foreign governments to the public.
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