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Russian watchdog says Apple's App Store rules and behaviors are anticompetitive
And the exact same thing will happen to you in China, or they’ll just throw you in jail for life and torture you. Or shoot you. And now in Hong Kong too, and the Western world just looks on and ignores it as Western companies enjoy the fruits of cheap Chinese labour and the massive profits it creates. And millions of Western consumers are more then happy to find that profit with their endless purchases of goods made in China. Hypocrisy at its finest.qwerty52 said:
There is a difference: here you can give any comment you want about the government and it wil happened nothing to you . But If you give the same comment as a Russian in Russia to the Russian government, it will be not your best dayforegoneconclusion said:I was going to make a joke about market freedom in a country literally run by crime families, then realized that's no different than the situation in the United States right now.
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Trump signs executive order banning TikTok, WeChat on Sept. 20
According to this article:
http://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/07/trump-bans-us-business-tencent-bytedance/
The ban he has signed also includes Tencent, which make and run the official Call Of Duty and PUBG mobile games... so how does what he has done affect those two incredibly popular worldwide games?Personally I don’t think he has a leg to stand on and is the worst most arrogant idiot leader that’s ever existed. He hasn’t caused a war, yet, or genocide, but he’s pretty much done everything else it seems including his quote, we have nukes why can’t we use them?
And he has definitely caused a trade war.
I look forward to another 4 years if his disastrous leadership as no doubt he will be voted back in.
I also look forward to the response on this from Apple and Microsoft as I believe both were said to be interested in buying TikTok.
Your reputation America is sinking faster and faster, and it’ll probably take you a very long time to recover.
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Apple asks UK landlords to cut Apple Store rents in half
Then they would have to move to an entirely online and phone based support structure, the stores are not just about selling goods, they also have the Genius bars and full product support.djfriar said:If Apple’s profits went up while the stores were closed, then that would tell me that the stores aren’t really required for Apple to move its product. I wonder if that is part of the motive behind this. From Apple’s POV, they may not need as many stores as they have as online ordering is far more accepted now; so they are asking for rent cuts and in exchange they will agree to keep their store presence. So in that scenario, if the stores are as important, they would want to lower their cost, which can be done by letting the leases expire, or by lowering their costs so that keeping them around doesn’t cost as much.
If that is the motive behind this, it seems less greedy then just “if they are getting a discount, why don’t we get one?” -
Apple asks UK landlords to cut Apple Store rents in half
It does seem under Cook they are utterly obsessed with that share price, nothing else matters, certainly not morales. But then of course the higher the share price the more personal wealth the board makes, on top of their fat pay cheques. They will ultimately lose these anti competitive cases and hopefully that will bring them down a peg or two.elijahg said:Rent is being cut for companies that are struggling and likely to go under without a cut, clothing stores, grocery stores etc. Apple isn't going to go under: they just reported record revenue while a lot of high street names are making heavy losses (and still paying more than Apple in tax). Even some malls are financially struggling, there's no way they can afford a 50% cut.
Apple's morals really seem to be in the gutter lately. This is a case of the big guy bullying the little guy. Several companies didn't take the government's furlough subsidy and paid employees out of their own pockets, but from what I've read Apple took the government subsidy despite being barely affected by the lockdowns. For a company I've supported for 25 years, this kind of thing is a big kick in the teeth and incredibly disappointing to read.
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Apple asks UK landlords to cut Apple Store rents in half
Probably yes, any business big or small can claim for money from the U.K. government to pay for furloughed staff. So I’d imagine Apple are doing the same, let’s not forget that’s the public’s money which Apple doesn’t really contribute to with its poultry less then 8 million taxes it paid.leavingthebigg said:
Are you telling us Apple is taking UK government subsidies to pay for furloughed workers?elijahg said:
Not all of them. Intu who owns several malls across the UK is about to go bust. And no it hasn't, that's not much kudos since the government is paying for those furloughed workers and Apple is taking those subsidies from the government rather than out of its own pocket like some other profitable businesses - who actually have morals.tundraboy said:
These building owners and landlords are far more well off than me or you. Most of them are mega corporations in their own right. Your sympathies are misplaced. As far as I know, Apple hasn't lain off or reduced the pay of any retail employees even through store shut downs.razorpit said:Torn on this one. As a share holder I say right one Apple. Pressure them to the lowest point you can get them.
Yet as someone tired of all the virtue signaling Apple has done over the last 10 years or so I say pay up. These building owners and landlords have families and mouths to feed just as you do.
