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crowley said:

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seankill said:

I say make Apple Pay. They want heavy government spending, they should pay for it; their effective tax rate is too low for the biggest public company in the world. 

It was Ireland who broke the law, not Apple.   Apple reaped the benefits of the scheme (as did Ireland).  But it was Ireland who committed the crime -- Apple basically simply received the stolen goods.

Funny how the article is about a court deciding that no crime was committed.  Perhaps you didn't read it.

That decided that there wasn't sufficient evidence that rules were broken.  And that decision is appealable, where more evidence can be provided.  Not quite the same.

tommikele said:

Over at 9to5mac the ignorance being expressed is stunning. The euro crowd their is ranting and raving and making up the facts to suit their predisposition towards socialism.

It really bothers me when people ignore the facts or don't bother to find out what they are or just make them up and over there that seems to be just fine.

skippingrock said:

As I said in another article comment. The thing that you are getting different is more trust from the end users. Trust that the software has been vetted by a trusted third party to be secure, respect privacy, and consistent and fair in pricing to all users (I want to know I’m getting the same deal that other users are getting). 

These fees have been enabling Apple to develop many of the hardware and software enhancements in iOS and new iOS devices. New iOS updates for features and security don’t come free, nor does the cost of inspecting, vetting, making downloads available with near 100% uptime and downloaded from a secure source that can’t be hijacked by a man-in-the-middle. These are the very reasons that I’m on this platform and not android and these are not free. 

The developers are buying all this with the App Store fees. I do not have the same faith between apps downloaded from different app stores like Google Play, even by the same developer. They are not the same and if people are naive enough to think that the Google, Twitter and Facebook apps all have the same attention to privacy and security on both Rios and Android, they have more problems than these. 

Apple needs to be telling both users and developers this Intrinsic value they are getting through their App Store purchases. 

JinTech said:

And what has France contributed, financially or in the means of medical supplies? I am sincerely curious, it's not a snide question.