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  • EU has very serious issues with Apple, says competition chief

    MesonMeson
    The “very serious issues” are:

    1) Apple is an AMERICAN company

    2) Apple is wildly successful

    3) Apple is not currently the EU’s welfare program. 

    Apple has already complied perfectly with the ridiculous rules set forth by the corrupt EU. 

    For some incompetent reason, the EU has since allowed Apple’s competitors determine how well Apple has followed the one-sided rules and based their follow-up attacks against Apple n the complaints of greedy companies. 

    It’s rather pathetic. Need to get some grown ups to take over the mess that is the EU. 
    This is a public service announcement: These regulations are put in place to protect consumers.

    What amazes me is that Apple has convinced a lot of the people that they are the victims from these regulations. Somehow, the EU is viewed that they are somehow just going after Apple. These regulations are put in place to go after monopolies, and unfortunately, Apple is one on iOS.
    williamlondonnubus

  • Japan could be next to force third-party app stores on Apple

    MesonMeson
    spheric said:
    So… lots of countries/regions all coming to the same conclusion about Apple's App Store. 

    The opinionati on AppleInsider: 

    a) EU investigates: Protectionism to cover the fact that they are technologically incompetent! Corruption! 

    b) US DOJ investigates: Political activism! 

    c) Japan investigates: Revenge for "sliding down" in the tech industry

    d) Korea investigates: Corrupt protectionism (also, as seen here: Revenge for "sliding down" in the tech industry — except Samsung is constantly one of the top 2 smartphone manufacturers globally) 

    I look forward to many more creative explanations that blame anything but Apple. 
    That's why I come here. It's always interesting to see what they come up with next. 

    I had someone on here tell me that they're pissed because they'll be given a choice. Go figure.
    muthuk_vanalingamctt_zhspheric

  • Judge questions Apple's commitment to App Store payment alternatives

    MesonMeson
    mark fearing said:
    rob53 said:
    Why does Apple has to have an alternative App Store payment process? When I go to any store, I pay the store. I don't pay the manufacturer of an individual product. I just don't understand why people can't see this. It's Apple's product so you pay Apple. 
    Exactly. And grocery stores charge shelving fees based on placement. Yet I haven’t seen the government go after that.
    The problem with this analogy is that you can go across the street to another grocery store. You have choices. With Apple, you just have their store and that's it.
    avon b7williamlondonLettuce

  • Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data

    MesonMeson
    ericthehalfbee said:
    Data that leaves your iPhone doesn’t mean it’s being “collected” by Apple. The article even mentions services like Continuity that require data to be transferred so devices can work together.

    Further, data that leaves your device and goes to Apple doesn’t mean it’s being abused (like used for targeted ads).

    There’s also a huge difference between data going to a company like Apple and someone like Meta or Google who make 98/80% of their revenue from targeted ads. They need your data to survive. To Apple your data isn’t even pocket change.
    According to Statista, Apple's ad revenue is expected to be around $14 billion by 2027. Where do you think Apple is getting this data from to target ads?

    I do agree that Meta and Google are crappy companies and their main revenue source is selling your data, but Apple is not completely innocent in this either.
    ctt_zh