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  • EU has very serious issues with Apple, says competition chief

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    rob53 said:
    I have very serious issues with the dictatorship called the EU. 
    The fact that a democratically elected government is "dictating" rules that all businesses — even foreign ones — need to follow (we call them "laws") does not make them a "dictatorship". 

    You'd just rather not have to follow the law. 
    avon b7nubusRonnyDaddy9secondkox2muthuk_vanalingamVictorMortimerwilliamlondonAlex1NScot1

  • EU has very serious issues with Apple, says competition chief

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    rhbellmor said:
    Whenever the EU needs money for budget overruns 
    Which "budget overruns" would that be that you're referring to? 

    The theory that whenever the EU overruns some budget, they just go out and fine someone is kinda cute.

    It's like a five-year-old trying to understand government budgeting. 
    avon b7gatorguyiOS_Guy80blastdoorMisterKitRonnyDaddy9secondkox2muthuk_vanalingamVictorMortimerwilliamlondon

  • Tim Cook may have met with Trump during WWDC to discuss second term priorities

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    melgross said:
    Trump winning its a given at this point.

    The world needs it.
    Fortunately no. The world needs for him to be put in a home.


    It’s almost cruelty that Jill and co. Haven’t set up Joe in a nursing facility already. There has been FAR too much embarrassment from the guy. Not only can he not ambulate safely, but routinely spaces out and needs handholding and direction for the most basic things. Recently have you seen the looks on the Italian and Canadian prime ministers faces as Joe basically disappeared without going anywhere? The guy needs to retire and get consistent care. He may only be a little older than Trump, but he’s declined so much faster. Meanwhile trump is holding his own and then some with master manipulators and fast talkers like Logan Paul. 

    You may not like Trump, but he is clearly the far more sound candidate than Biden - and pretty much everyone else in that side of the aisle. 
    "Religion is such a great thing it's so it keeps you know there's something to be good about you want to be good you wanna it's so important I don't know if it's explained right I don't know if I am explaining it right you know you want to be good you want to go to heaven when you have something like that you wanna go to heaven OK so you want to go to heaven so if we don't have heaven OK you almost say what's the reason why do I have to be good let's not be good what difference does it make"
    ~ Donald J. Trump~ June 2024
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  • Tim Cook may have met with Trump during WWDC to discuss second term priorities

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    Trump winning its a given at this point.

    The world needs it.
    I hope he hangs in there #piazzaleloreto #sicsempertyrannis

    "Mango Mussolini".
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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. 
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