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  • Apple-1 owned by Apple's first applications engineer sells for over $300,000

    sphericspheric
    Editors: so underrated.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple tweaking how default browsers are selected in EU

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    ssfe11 said:
    What a waste of time by the clueless EU. People realizing this thats why Vestager has been fired. 
    If she steps down, it will be because her party did poorly in the Danish elections, and the ruling party will more likely nominate the next candidate. 

    That's how representative democracy works. 

    (…and no, the reason her party did badly at home has zilch to do with Vestager.) 

    Some background for those actually interested: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/20/eu_competition_cop_depart/

    Oh, also, she did come under fire last year for hiring an American economist as chief competition economist, one of her team's top jobs. 
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/eu-vestager-is-under-fire-for-hiring-an-american-citizen.html
    muthuk_vanalingamchasm

  • Apple tweaking how default browsers are selected in EU

    sphericspheric
    This is total nonsense, why does Apple need to promote competing products to this ludicrous extent. I don't remember any other product or OS that has to bend backwards this far. 
    You've been on here since 2008. 
    It's hard to believe that you completely missed the whole Microsoft/Netscape thing. It was kind of big. 

    https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_13_196
    nubusIreneWwilliamlondonbeowulfschmidt

  • 'Find My' feature helps diver recover lost Apple Watch nearly two years later

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    ralphie said:
    I found my Watch after 4 years. It was in my sock drawer.  AppleInsider, please free to write an article about it.
    Do you have a YouTube channel? You need one to qualify. 
    watto_cobra

  • EU hits back at Apple withholding Apple Intelligence from the region

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    Xed said:
    spheric said:
    danox said:
    Intentionally omitting features as retaliation?  Yeah, Apple is gonna LOVE the multi-billion fine for this little stunt.

    The EU is done playing.  Apple will behave, or they will PAY.
    Or, shocker, Apple will leave the EU altogether. Companies are “for profit” entities and publicly traded ones like Apple have an obligation to the their shareholders to act in their interests. Loss of the EU market will hurt but paying out more in fines than you earn in profit makes no sense.

    The EU wants smartphones to be like PCs where there is little differentiation between vendors and profit is mainly derived from directed advertising and sale of consumer data. As an American, I am perfectly content to let Europe live in that world but I definitely hope they don’t drag me into it.
    A American company named Walmart is no longer in the EU they left…….
    Yeah, they had rather crude ideas on employee privacy and rather illegal views on how employees should conduct their personal lives. 

    Even after they managed to fix their HR to align with basic human rights, European customers had already told them in no uncertain terms to fuck off, and off they indeed did fuck. 
    I'm not sure if it was intended, but Walmart's questionable ethos should not play into danox's example as they are also publicly traded and therefore have an obligation to their shareholders. While Walmart backing out of the EU doesn't move EU citizens to see just how caustic the their whimsically partisan attempts to siphon money from certain companies, Apple pulling out could open some eyes and cause the EU to start playing fair.
    Wal-Mart were losing money hand-over-fist by the time they gave up. 
    Nobody was invested in them, so nobody cared when they left. 

    Yes, Apple is different in that regard, and people would be very upset, should Apple up and leave. 
    But most of them would be mad at Apple, because, fuck you, just follow the goddamn law. 

    Sure, we have people who consider Vestager too heavy-handed and are hoping for a more "diplomatic" successor, but this stupid stunt by Apple really didn't help their public standing. 

    Incidentally, a good summary of the Wal-Mart problem in Germany: 
    https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-not-a-Walmart-in-Europe
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon