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  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    loopless said:
    So… apple provides a service for free, albeit with some limitations on storage, but charges to get more storage, this is somehow ripping off UK customers? The argument boils down to 5GB is not enough?
    No, as per the fucking article, the argument boils down to that, and I quote, "specifically, Apple is accused of making it difficult to use alternative suppliers." 
    avon b7tiredskillswilliamlondon

  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    tundraboy said:
    I don't know.  I would think when you build your antitrust lawsuit on the assertion that "iOS is a monopoly", you deserve to be laughed out of court.
    Antitrust violations do not require, and have never required, the offending corporation(s) to be monopolies. They merely need to be large enough to unfairly disadvantage competitors. 

    That’s it. 

    Stop pretending otherwise: that’s a red herring. 
    Alex1Nmuthuk_vanalingamtiredskillswilliamlondon

  • European Union evaluating if Corning monopolizes the smartphone screen market

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    rob53 said:
    Since when is the EU the global dictator for how things are made and what is sold? If you don't like it, don't buy it. I need to investigate whether I actually buy any products manufactured in EU companies. I don't buy European vehicles, don't buy European wine (CA and other USA states make fine wine), don't buy EU made bikes, don't buy any cosmetics from any country, don't buy any knives either, in fact I found a website that showed several country's products and I don't believe I ever bought any of their products. 
    Hi Rob! I hope you are doing great.
    Can you please tell me why the EU influence how products are made and sold, and is it possible to avoid buying goods from EU companies entirely?
    Thanks,
    Mike Taku.
    God forbid he buy any devices with chips manufactured on ASML machines — they're Dutch. 

    Wouldn't want that. 

    This "world wide web" crap is a Eurocommie invention, as well — that was Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, a known pro-science (and thus left-wing extremist) institute. 

    Avoid at all costs! 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    beowulfschmidt said:
    spheric said:

    Sure I can turn off iCloud. But if I want to use any alternative service that offers similar functionality, that's not just an initial set-up and configuration (which is to be expected), but rather, a constant fight, because Apple keeps railroading you into their own service. 
     
    As above, I have not experienced this particular instance of "railroading" (not that there aren't plenty of other examples), nor have I ever had my other family members, for whom I am tech support, ever complain of it.

    Which alternative services are they using that replace basic iCloud functionality? 
    omasoutiredskillswilliamlondon

  • UK group wants $4 billion payout for iCloud users

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    spheric said:
    *staring at EU* “They smell some p****y, they want a piece of the action” (Snatch)
    What's the EU got to do with this?

    Are you in the wrong thread, or are you just stuck in an outrage loop from ten years ago?
    Ok. I’ll try to make this easy: 
    1. EU is currently on a roll fining huge fines, ok?
    2. Uk is not in the EU anymore, don’t doesn’t profit from that, right?
    3. I leave 3 up to you. 

    Here’s some /s for you as well. 

    Have a good one. 
    Is this why this is happening in the United States? 

    Alex1N