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  • Facebook stored 'hundreds of millions' of unencrypted passwords on internal servers

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    If it was indeed discovered in January and it is only made public just recently, than Facebook will receive a serious fine from the EU because of the GDPR regulations.   According to the GDPR regulations, this must be reported immediately.
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  • Google up to $9.4 billion in total fines to EU, with latest $1.7 billion AdSense penalty

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    nht said:
    I don't care for Trump but we should be fining EU companies $94B in response since the EU has elected to target US tech companies since EU tech companies have been singularly uncompetitive vs US and China...and the EU is too chicken to target China.
    Your assumption that US tech companies are targeted, is not accurate. The EU commission does fine EU companies, but the US press does not cover such stories.
    StrangeDaysmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Google up to $9.4 billion in total fines to EU, with latest $1.7 billion AdSense penalty

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    gatorguy said:
    The EU has different competition laws than the US. "Google's platform or OS or ad service and if you don't like it use someone else's" isn't a defense as far as they are concerned. 

    You could take that 3rd paragraph, substitute a different name, and perhaps end up with the same result IMHO.
    "(Blank) has cemented its dominance in (blank) and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party (blank)," she said. "This is illegal under EU antitrust rules."

    Note that the EU says "market dominance is not illegal under EU antitrust rules. However they have a “special responsibility” not to abuse their powerful market position by restricting direct competition."
    Indeed.  And this means Apple will most probably get a similar treatment with the complaint Spotify launched.  The EU commission does not mind that there is only one App Store for iOS applications, but It won' t like the contractual restrictions in the App Store Guidelines.  Apple cannot impose such restrictions on the app developers if there is only a single iOS App Store. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Editorial: After disrupting iTunes, Spotify demands a free ride from Apple's App Store

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    dkhaley said:
    From my perspective, it should be a hard case for Spotify to win.
    1. Spotify has other distribution methods (i.e. a customer can sign up on their website and then download the app)
    2. Spotify chooses to use Apple's App Store as one of its distribution methods
    3. Apple gives Spotify the same terms as everybody else
    Of course, the EC can be a little crazy with their antitrust decisions.

    Your point 3 is just wrong.  Apple Music has clearly different terms then Spotify.  In fact it is the main reason why Spotify is going to the EU commission

    I estimate that Spotify will not necessarily win, but that Apple will definitely loose.  Meaning, the EU commission will look very carefully at the App Store guidelines and will take measures that Apple won't like, but that won't necessarily benefit Spotify in the short term.  
     
    From an app developer point of view - I am an app developer - , the App Store guidelines are business wise a nightmare.  All the risks are at your side.  There are numerous cases where Apple changed the App Store guidelines or changed its interpretation of the guidelines to make the life of an app developer very difficult, especially if the app developer is competing against an Apple app.  And if the app developer wants to complain, Apple is judge and involved party. Because the app developer is forced to follow the App Store guidelines if he want to reach an iOS customer, the whole set up smells like anti-competitive behaviour.  The EU commission does not like that at all.
    avon b7muthuk_vanalingam

  • Spotify accuses Apple of anti-competitive practices in Europe over App Store restrictions

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    darkpaw said:
    Then the company wants users to have a choice of being able to pay subscriptions directly to Spotify through the App Store, yet without Apple's cut.
    Yeah, Apple should absorb all the costs for handling subscription payments every month and pass all the money onto Spotify, while Spotify has to pay payment processing itself for their customers who choose to pay outside of the App Store.

    I guess I should be able to use that lovely gym equipment in the gym, and not pay for it?

    /s
    The market price for the payment processor service you are describing, is around 2.5%.  Apple charges 30% and any app developer is forced to use it. Spotify does not ask to have a free lunch but a fair lunch 
    ElCapitanmuthuk_vanalingam