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  • EU is reportedly going to fine Apple over failure to comply with the Digital Markets Act

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    nubus said:
    spheric said:
    nubus said:

    Other US companies do this every day. Ford, IBM, McDonald's, Microsoft, Coca Cola,…
    Fun facts: 

    Ford was fined by the EU for emissions fraud (and by the US for circumventing import tariffs)

    IBM avoided a heavy EU antitrust fine for abusing their position in supercomputing by making major concessions and offering to redress past imbalances. 

    McDonald's was severely fined in at least one EU nation for tax avoidance. 

    These companies have adapted at least in part. IBM is recognizing unions in the EU. McDonald's is even doing "we're happy to work with unions" statements in EU. Apple spent 10 years against USB-C even after having signed a deal to make a common charger. 
    Careful here: Apple signed on for a current charger, and they were among the first to go USB-C (even exclusively so on their MacBooks in 2016, when hardly anybody else was using it at all). 

    Until 2022 (just two years ago!), the EU common charger was supposed to be fucking MICRO USB. 
    kurai_kagewatto_cobra

  • EU is reportedly going to fine Apple over failure to comply with the Digital Markets Act

    sphericspheric
    nubus said:

    Other US companies do this every day. Ford, IBM, McDonald's, Microsoft, Coca Cola,…
    Fun facts: 

    Ford was fined by the EU for emissions fraud (and by the US for circumventing import tariffs)

    IBM avoided a heavy EU antitrust fine for abusing their position in supercomputing by making major concessions and offering to redress past imbalances. 

    McDonald's was severely fined in at least one EU nation for tax avoidance. 

    Microsoft… hahahhahahahaha… oh boy. Just Google "Microsoft vs. EU". 

    Coca-Cola has had all manner of antitrust probes and fines and settlements in the EU, almost continuously over the past twenty years.  
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Jon Stewart reveals the moment things went bad with Apple

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    regurgitatedcoprolite said:

    J.S., by avoiding use of his given name, is the one  being anti-semitic. 

    I have no idea what point you think you're making but using a stage name rather than an unwieldy given name has been a showbiz standard for over a century, and probably centuries before that. 

    You're making it sound like Stewart uses his stage name to obscure his Jewish heritage, which is an…interesting…accusation, and one that clarifies that you have NEVER watched any Jon Stewart. 

    He's not exactly "secretive" about his culture, and references it all the time. 

    So…excuse us if we feel your drawing attention to it to be rather…peculiar. 
    muthuk_vanalingambeowulfschmidtwatto_cobra

  • iOS 18 isn't any more of a cheater's operating system than Android has been

    sphericspheric
    Love it. 

    If you're at the point where hiding an app and its notifications is a threat to your relationship, the app-hiding feature really, really, really is not the issue. 
    williamlondonbaconstangwatto_cobra

  • EU is reportedly going to fine Apple over failure to comply with the Digital Markets Act

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    ssfe11 said:
    The EU acts all high and mighty but in reality the EU represents barely 7% of Apple App Store revenue lol!!
    1. EU: "Hey, follow our laws!" 

    2. Apple: "Uh…okay. Here, we're following your law, but we're enacting levies to make sure it won't make a difference." 

    3. EU: "We see what you did there. You know exactly that's not what we meant. Stop it." 

    4. Some dude on the internet: "The EU acts all high and mighty" 
    williamlondonavon b7gatorguymuthuk_vanalingamkkqd13379secondkox2