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  • South Korea threatens to fine Apple over App Store dominance

    sphericspheric
    So it turns out that when EU laws are applied to Apple, it's because the corrupt and overreaching EU is targeting US tech to protect its own industry — except it doesn't have homegrown alternatives. 

    And when Korean laws are applied to Apple it's because the corrupt South Korean government is targeting US tech to protect its own industry — Samsung. 

    The common denominator, weirdly, is Apple's (and Google's) behaviour. 

    Hmm. 
    williamlondonavon b7muthuk_vanalingamFileMakerFeller

  • What Apple should have done

    sphericspheric
    You could fill the internet with all the suggestions for products Apple should have made, instead of those that made them a trillion-dollar company. 

    Wait. The internet is full of such suggestions. 
    9secondkox2

  • FTC sues Amazon, alleges monopolistic market abuse

    sphericspheric
    Is this the overreaching EU trying to destroy American tech companies again? 
    avon b7muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

    sphericspheric
    jdgaz said:
    Now I completely understand why England left the EU. 
    No, Britain left the EU because rich crooks wanted the freedom to keep hiding their money in offshore tax havens after it was clear that the EU would eventually crack down on them. 

    So they lied to the public about supposedly overreaching EU legislation — despite the fact that most of the legislation was for the large part (co-)written by Britain. Plus a lot of bullshit about 350 million £ a week sent to Europe that could be used for the NHS instead (which was a blatant lie, but Blojo escaped criminal prosecution for it). 

    Farage has dual citizenship with an EU state, so he can just choose whatever suits him better financially and personally — in contrast to all the stupid sheep he hoodwinked, and all the others who didn't fall for it but have to live with the consequences anyway. 

    ALSO: Have you seen the shit the British government just tried to pull on end-to-end-encrypted messengers? Screw interoperability — they tried to force all operators to BREAK encryption. Thankfully, they backed down after it became clear that all messengers would have to pull out of Britain, or compromise encryption globally. The EU toyed with that, as did the USA, but it never left the idea phase. 
    Post-Brexit Britain actually wrote it into law and tried to pass it. 
    avon b7Alex1NbaconstangSkepticalblastdoorPauloSeraaauxioFileMakerFellerwatto_cobra

  • Tim Cook picks an iPhone color, manages to praise them all

    sphericspheric
    robin huber said:
    I chose that too, but with a nagging echo from the past that has never gone away. My first laptop was the PowerBook G4 Titanium. Looked great, but the material, touted as strong and light, cracked on the hinges. If there was a recall, fix, or rebate I never learned of it. My college paid for it but I eventually got a new one as an officer from my union. Always have been leery of titanium claims since then. 

    The edge that would crack was painted carbon fibre, IIRC. The paint would flake off and reveal the black texture underneath. It was also slightly lighter than the titanium panels. 
    darkvaderwatto_cobra