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Stabitha_Christie said:

Cesar Battistini Maziero said:

The EU is overstepping again.

If you don't like how Apple does business, there are another 1300 other brands you can buy, that offer all the engines you want, it's called android devices.

On the contrary, the EU is allowed to both legislate and regulate business as it sees fit. You may not like it but your feelings don’t create a sense of obligation for the EU. Sorry to rain on your parade  

The EU just caved in on the Digital Tax under US pressure.  POTUS will probably require them to rewrite the DEA (Digital Extortion Act) next.  EU is realizing they also live in glass houses.

nubus said:

9secondkox2 said:

nubus said:

9secondkox2 said:

One of the problems here (excusing the fact that the EU stance on Apple’s business is criminal to begin with) 

You're saying it is criminal for EU to set the rules for companies operating in EU? Really?

Yup. Prime nocta was declared a law too. Nevertheless, Corrupt and sick as can be. Kind of a bad example, and disputed historically. but it illustrates the point. 

There are universal rights and wrongs. 

Apple did everything right and abode by the law. Then the EU moved the goalposts after apple was entrenched. 

Your take is that people can vote, politicians get elected, but they must then be lame ducks due to your "the future won't accept it" clause. It doesn't work like that. Those in power have the power.

Also you claim that the future does move goalposts and we need to accept it. But when you see EU move goalposts then that is not OK. You can't have both. Once again... those in power have the power.

July 9 is deadline for US tariffs on EU to come into effect if no deal reached by then.  If they extort Apple again by then, EU can probably expect a worse deal .    

Why would I want my buttons to be clear?  Just to see the iPhone wallpaper better?  Absurd.  I would be dialling up the buttons to be as opaque as possible so i can see them better.  

bloggerblog said:

Tbh I'd rather see manufacturing continue in China va India. Modi's extremist regime is unstable and unpredictable.

Sure, manufacturing in China is more predictable.  The more you manufacture there, the more nukes you fund pointed at NATO countries ... and the more debt the US will be in.   Both predictable like clockwork.  

When you diversify supply chains you gain the upper hand in future negotiations.  Divide and conquer still applies, especially as we move away from China.  Temporary inflation is worth it in the long run as manufacturing becomes more diversified.  The world would be a safer place as well.

teejay2012 said:

Google pays Apple to make Google the default search, but it does not pay to exclude all others. I don't see the case.  It is very easy to change search engine by navigating to Settings > Safari > Search Engine and then selecting from the options listed. Currently you can choose from Google, Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Ecosia and I think many users have changed. Users have choices. IMO the real questions are whether Google search will be hobbled to allow 'competition' thereby eliminating it as a desirable 'default' option, will Apple be forced to include every search engine on  current list of options in iOS, and how can AI search engines like Perplexity be  integrated in default search options?

Unlike Firefox (on Mac at least) where you can type your search string then run it through Google or four other engines if you want, you can't do that in Safari.  Google is paying Apple so that the user has to re-type the entire search string to run it through a different engine.  

Eddie Cue seemed to state Apple will now fix this.  It will let it's users run the search thru other AI engines since they are now becoming pretty good at search.  He seems to be saying Google will still be default but now users may be able to run the same search thru other AI engines without having to retype it all over again.  I assume he will pick which AI engines to use based on who will give him best results as well as best revenue share.

In long run, this is good for Apple.  More engines will be bidding to go into "pole position" in Safari, Google will have to compete based on merits, and Android may end up losing market share to iOS as a result in long run as Google gradually retreats to protect their core business.

Loss of $20 billion / year payout from Google may be more than made up for Apple by increased iPhone sales in the long run as Google has to re-focus on their core business again.  AI field needs to be kept open.  This is good for generative Siri so she can catch up quicker as Apple AI servers are being readied.