waveparticle said:

Ukrainian? LOL Some AIers are greatly disappointed .

What exactly is it they are disappointed about?

lkrupp said:

Apple gets preferential treatment in close TSMC partnership

isn't this anti-competitive, monopolistic behavior? Break them both up! Force Apple to allow Intel to fabricate and supply the M1 no matter the die size. Just put in bigger fans. /s

It's just after 11:00 am and you may have already locked up today's award for the internet's most baseless, uniformed comment of the day.

No wonder your avatar is one of the three stooges.

anonymouse said:

Yeah, the Samsung Trade Commission. A lot of regulations coming out of South Korea lately that seemed designed primarily to kneecap Apple and Google and promote Samsung. Perhaps it's time to send them a bill for the protection by US military forces.

That is just a dumb comment based on excessive Apple fanboism and nationalistic BS.

BTW, South Korea pay the US billions for military presence of the USA. There is legit discussion over whether it should be more, but the deal was renegotiated about two years to significantly increase what they pay.

Have some facts and knowledge before you spout off.

Completely inaccurate headline.

The South Korean government said no such thing. A member of a minority party made a complaint based on their Trade Commission report. It is unlikely the ruling party will go along with it. There has been no ruling  from the gov't that Apple now has to pay.

Samsung has nothing to do with it. The dumb speculation that Samsung is behind this makes for great conspiracy theory discussion. The reality is much less entertaining.

This is political and about getting elected and raising your profile and Apple has about the biggest target on their back of anyone.

And you know what? If Apple violated South Korean tax laws then they should pay just as Samsung has had to pay up hundreds of millions to their gov't over the last few years.

geekmee said:

Epic would rather spend their money on pursuing this legally than improving their games.
“… though the ruling did say that Apple wasn't a monopoly in the market, and that Epic did breach contractual terms.”

Who is getting screwed here!??

SMH!

Shake your head all you want. Fortnite made $2.5 billion last year. They have plenty of money to invest and use wherever they want. Epic knows exactly what they are doing. $3.5 million payment to Apple is a joke.