Hedware

Forbes is now so right wing it can’t report the truth any more. 

I am getting tired of these tiresome developers who want a free ride on a highway built by others. Next they will be expecting that every iPhone owner has to buy their app. They would not have anything without Apple, the iPhone and the AppStore; they would be nobodies.

I am an Apple customer and I want security and privacy and I don’t want to have to worry about viruses and malware and I don’t want to have to get apps to protect my devices and finances. I don’t care for developers getting access to my personal information. I want developers and their payments shops kept completely away from me. I don’t care about the supposed rights at all.

I guess you would be happy for every farmer to be in contact with you just because you bought your food from the local supermarket. Maybe so would the packaging company; maybe the truck drivers who delivered the food to the supermarket; maybe the supermarket’s manager? Where would you draw the line.

The real problem with multinational companies shifting their tax is that they don’t pay for any of their means of production and services in the countries in which they operate and earn profits. It is the poor taxpayer who pays for the utilities, legal services and much that these multinationals use while paying as little tax as they can connive by shifting earnings and therefore negating tax responsibilities. Apple has been a major shifter. Good on the EU for taking on Apple and other multinationals.