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Sounds like another "Netflix tax." Pathetic.

dewme said:

I wonder if they'll update the Contacts app and its icon?

The last time they "updated" it, they ruined the groups functionality. Instead of simply tapping on the group you want to go into, you now have to scroll through your whole Groups list and uncheck the one you don't want to see, and then scroll to the one you do want to see and check that. And then confirm your decision to actually show the contacts. Gallingly stupid. It's mind-boggling how detached from reality some groups are at Apple.

Oh yeah, another and more-damaging example: The Calendar app changes appointment times behind your back, just because you traveled. When you buy plane tickets, for example, they of course give you the local departure times. So you dutifully enter those times in your calendar and go about your business. But when you go on your trip, Apple has changed your appointment times because you went to a different time zone. So, if you went east, you're going to miss your flight because Apple has shifted your appointment hours later. Not to mention any meetings or events you also put in your calendar.

And there's no way to override this stupidity. You can't just say, "Use the time shown on the phone for all appointments, no matter where I am." Apple assumes that someone in California who's going to Europe next month will look up the time difference for the country he's going to, figure out what time (and day) it'll be in California when his return flight leaves Europe, and then create a calendar reminder at that time. It's easy to mock whoever designed this as a dweeb who never leaves his basement, let alone travels... but it's also appropriate.

rob53 said:

Beeper is hacking a Mac to get access. This is blatantly against Apple’s EULA agreement. People need to quit giving hackers a reason to have any product. 

Obviously wrong. An authorized user of the Mac uses his own credentials. Duh. And who cares what some "policy" says? Grow a nut and think for yourself.

"If Brexit is a failure it’s not because it is a failure, it would be because people who didn’t want it made it a failure."

What an absolutely horseshit assertion. You have nothing to justify that, since most of the blowback came from outside UK.

beautyspin said:

So, Apple vetted all these scam apps?

You think some government dotards are going to do BETTER? What an absolutely brain-dead assertion.

I agree that the U.S. government needs to take a stand here, as well as Apple. Apple's behavior toward developers in regard to its app store is often disgraceful, and yes Apple lies about App Store search. But it's their platform and it's not a monopoly. There is no excuse for this trade interference, and the USA should threaten countermeasures if it's perpetrated.