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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.

MassiveAttack said:

Well... Apple would like to fire him, but if Apple did, then excellent researchers would follow John and leave Apple.
This domino effect is what makes Apple concern.

Anyone who followed John's philosophy should be fired also.  They had 6 years to get Siri to compete and failed miserably.   A new direction is needed for the gen AI era.