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lordjohnwhorfin said:

I will not side with Apple on this one. The store is curated, so everything on it carries their seal of approval. I don’t see how a game that allows charging so much in in-game purchases can not be considered for what it is: a complete scam. And Apple should set much stronger rules and caps on in-app spending for games. This is ridiculous.

hodar said:

spice-boy said:

This is great news, looks like the Democrats will continue to turn Texan into a Blue state. Great for America. 

Have you ever noticed that nice, low crime areas, where schools are effective, roads and bridges are maintained, people are polite and you are generally safe - are NOT Democratic areas?

Places that become Democratic, tend to have much higher crime rates, lower education levels, their infrastructure is a complete mess, jobs are fewer, opportunities are more infrequenct, and businesses are taxed to the point that they are no longer profitable in Democratic areas?  Drugs, Gangs and trash soon follow.  May I offer some examples?  Detroit, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans, Compton, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, St. Lois as some openers.

People move, and they seem to think that the more social programs that failed so miserably where they were - and were the REASON they were forced to move; will magically work better when they move to a new place that doesn't have those same programs.  Has it occurred to you that the reason the place you moved to, is BECAUSE it doesn't have those soul-killing programs?

It's the same air, we drink the same water, drink the same soda, we see the same stars, we farm the same soil.  All one has to do is look at cause and effect.  Name a single prosperous socialist state - in the history of mankind.  Name a highly successful, clean, safe, Democratic city.

It may come as a shock, but of the top 10 largest cities in America, Dallas. Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio are all located in Texas.  Compared to the other large cities, they are relatively low crime - they are relatively safe, prosperous.  It isn't the TexMex food.  As they get more Democratic, the things that make them attractive, become those things that make them unattractive.

just cruisin said:

lordjohnwhorfin said:

Not a single well paid engineer will leave California for Texas. 

Hubris

verne arase said:

Well, that's a relief - for a moment there I thought the EU was becoming reasonable.

Nothing like mandating EU content when there is no new content being created ...

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ppietra said:

Is it so hard for people to understand that this is also about preserving cultural diversity in Europe? 
The EU is made up of 27 countries, with 24 official languages! Only 2 of those countries have English as an official language. Do you think it is reasonable to expect an healthy local culture in the future when streaming services only have American shows? A similar law already applies to local networks. TV is not just a business.

Want to “preserve cultural diversity”? Then break up the EU. 

Why would I break the EU when the EU has done so much towards keeping cultural diversity and cultural exchange? Clearly you have no idea of what Europe is!

Europe is a complete mess. Germany is one of the very few successful countries in the handshake agreement that is the EU. You do realize that the entire union there is non-binding?

Nowadays I would say the US is in a much bigger mess than the EU. We have always been sovereign countries/nations inside a political legal framework, trying to work together for common goals while keeping individual identity. And I assure you that without the EU it would be a mess for companies like Apple to grow in Europe.

That’s just Eurocentric hogwash. The EU is an economic flop and it has been almost solely the burden of Germany to bail out all the failing countries there.

funny! Dodn’t remember any German money to bail out Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, etc, all of them had to get big loans and pay interests to face the problems that came from the US financial crisis! EU is such a flop that Trump felt threatened by its existence.