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  • Epic Games amplifies antitrust complaint against Apple in the UK

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    crosslad said:
    Should Amazon be told to let manufacturers sell their products on Amazon free of charge?  If you want to sell your goods in someone’s store you have to give them the opportunity to make a profit. 
    That’s a straw man argument. The question ought to be why are Apple allowed to prevent other companies from selling items on their own platforms and the price they can charge. 

    Also, Apple don’t charge for all apps. Many are free. How would you translate that to your example?
    williamlondonelijahg

  • Dutch antitrust regulators launch probe into Apple Pay

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    22july2013 said:
    gc_uk said:
    mobird said:
    Apple should make a "limited edition" iPhone [without] a nfc chip just for countries/governments that impose this.
    Good idea, or it could be the exact same iPhone with the NFC chip disabled by software when the GPS detects that the iPhone is located in the Netherlands. Apple has already done this with things like the ECG feature in the Apple Watch. Unless you are from a certain country, you couldn't access the ECG feature. This was to satisfy regulators who hadn't approved the ECG feature for health purposes.
    I’m pretty sure that’s not how it works, otherwise if you went on holiday to a country where it wasn’t enabled, you’d lose the functionality which would be as dumb as your comment.
    My second statement implied that the Apple Watch was using GPS to block certain users to its ECG, which is not what I intended to say. Yet Apple indeed was blocking users who came from a certain country, and that was not done by GPS but by the nation of origin of the payment card for the user's linked iCloud account. So you are right, the implementation was different. I was just using GPS as an example of how to block users, in order to keep my post short and sweet, but I can see I would have been better off writing a longer, more accurate message.

    I don't resort to name calling and I recommend that you don't either. It's quite a good feeling taking the high road.
    Well that doesn't seem a reasonable way for it to work either.  I have an iCloud account set to one region, with payment details for a different region.  So I could get around this restriction by adding payment card from a different country? What about if I don't have payment details at all?  I think the hint here would be from when you're setting up your device and it asks you which region you're in?

    Where did I call people names?  Seems you got called out for trying to imply something misleading, and had to change your argument.  Where's the high ground in that?  I'll take your suggestion under advisement. 
    watto_cobra

  • Dutch antitrust regulators launch probe into Apple Pay

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    anantksundaram said:

    So you're saying it's a bunch of bureaucrats sitting around getting paid making work for themselves and others (including Apple), wasting everyone's time and your taxpayer euros. 

    What a way to govern. 
    I assume then government officials in the US don’t receive a salary paid by the government?
    GeorgeBMacwatto_cobra

  • Dutch antitrust regulators launch probe into Apple Pay

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    anantksundaram said:

    Link/cite? Which bank? Where? What exactly do you mean by "credit transfer fraud"? How common is it?
    I suspect they’re referring to p2p payments where it’s not the security of the system that’s questionable but the individuals at the end of the chain. If you’re at the end of a scam and the perpetrator asks for payment with Apple Pay or iTunes gift cards that’s classed as fraud but not an issue with the “payment” method. 
    GeorgeBMacentropysstompymuthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Dutch antitrust regulators launch probe into Apple Pay

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    22july2013 said:
    mobird said:
    Apple should make a "limited edition" iPhone [without] a nfc chip just for countries/governments that impose this.
    Good idea, or it could be the exact same iPhone with the NFC chip disabled by software when the GPS detects that the iPhone is located in the Netherlands. Apple has already done this with things like the ECG feature in the Apple Watch. Unless you are from a certain country, you couldn't access the ECG feature. This was to satisfy regulators who hadn't approved the ECG feature for health purposes.
    I’m pretty sure that’s not how it works, otherwise if you went on holiday to a country where it wasn’t enabled, you’d lose the functionality which would be as dumb as your comment.
    watto_cobra