SpamSandwich

The actions of both Facebook and Twitter over the past several days are what pushed this to the forefront. 

joerock1234 said:

SpamSandwich said:

Shocking that a Federal court can oppose the President on a national security matter. These courts have far too much leeway to interfere.

I totally agree if it a national security risk. 

Since the President is, in fact, the head of national security as Commander-In-Chief, they alone determine what is a national security risk. They also have the power to unilaterally declassify classified information. Individual members of Congress cannot even do that, but Congress can declassify if a vote is held regarding Clause 11 of Rule X of the Standing Rules, which governs committees and their jurisdictions.

StrangeDays said:

Rep. David Cicilline, the head of the antitrust subcommittee, called Apple's 30% cut of app purchases "highway robbery"

...lol these guys have no idea how much larger the markup is from manufacturer to nearly all retail endpoints. think at least 100%. but even within console markets (Steam, Google, Xbox, Sony, Nintendo), it's all the same 30%. 

Rep. Cicilline is quite a piece of work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cicilline#Controversies

Ugh. Software development while all the teams are working independently must be a total nightmare for the usually collaborative Apple programmers.

Lots of inconsistencies and little irritating bugs to work out. At least it’s not as terrible as 13 so far.