jdw

macdaddy1944 said:

Why the heck does an apple just pay Masimo.

I would be surprised if "an apple" could pay anybody, but I guess it pays you back in nutrients every time you eat one.  For like they say... An Apple a day keeps Masimo away.

  

Respite said:

Chill out.  Have a cookie.

It's 4°C/39°F right now.  Hard not to chill completely out in this weather, my friend.

Regarding web cookies, please know that I use Super Agent for Safari.  It helps keep the madness under control on certain Macs that are able to run it, but I have a lot of computers and mobile devices, and it's not installed on all of them.  And it's not a 100% solution either.  The best solution is to eradicate those cookie notice viruses altogether.  That's really what they are, infecting each and every one of us.

All said, it's proper and correct to pronounce EU as "Eeeeeeeeewwww!" for good reason!

avon b7 said:

jdw said:

Remember, the EU brought the bane of the internet: ENDLESS COOKIE CONSENT POPUPS!

Why?
Well, they keep the user in control of their data!
LOL.  
Those notices are far worse than what we had before those notices existed.  And this is but one example of what the EU does.  They create regulations in the name of helping people but end up doing more harm than good.

Who in THE world thinks opening the Apple App Store really helps people?  With millions of apps, who can figure out which want they even need?  In the early days, sure!  But now?  Not a chance.  

Forcing the App store to let app makers avoid Apple's 15% or 30% cut only helps a tiny minority of wealthy app makers who are already well known.  It really doesn't help "most" app developers at all.  And it only contributes to apps becoming worse, which means the user experience is worse overall.  Why would the average user want that?  Well, they probably don't.  But the reality is most users don't really know what they want.  They simply trust people smarter than them will do the right thing for them in government.  But usually, government just creates new rules that hurt everyone in the end.  

You folks demanding change and company breakups don't know how good you have it now.  You moan and groan and scream to get Big Brother involved, and when he gets involved, your world changes for the worse.  But will you blame yourselves when that happens?  Ha!  Hardly.  You will turn your attention to yet another free market activity to ruin with the iron fist of government.

The cookie notice was in response to abuse. At the very least users have the right to refuse. 

Now they do. 

If it's 'worse' than before they became mandatory, it has nothing to do with the problem of uncontrolled abuse.

Everything in historical perspective. Without doubt, when the situation comes up for review, changes will be made. 

The next time I get hit with a ridiculously insane Cookie Notice, I shall remember that some guy in the AppleInsider forum set me and the entire world straight by explaining we need to keep it in "historical perspective."

Yeah...

Oh yeah...

Why people seek to defend the undefendable makes zero sense to me.  I still remember getting a beating in this forum when I said I disliked the butterfly keyboard, and all the status quo worshippers told me "suck it up because it's here to stay!"  They ranted at how they loved it.  

Doesn't matter the topic, we have nuts who will defend anything for having happened, regardless of how bad it turns out to be, because they somehow believe that some action was better than no action.  I disagree profoundly with that.  Sometimes a change really screws things up, and those horrible Cookie Notices are a part of that.  The people of the world should demand the EU capitulate and eliminate those silly notices today.

But most people don't rise up because they believe nothing will change.  Again, no different than the butterfly keyboard lovers who told me "it's here to stay."  In fact, they told me NOT to rise up.  But I did anyway and wrote Apple a lot of Feedback at that time, and I encouraged others to do so too.  Glad I did.  But I also knew in my heart that bad tech like that wasn't here to stay, and time proved me right.  Ditto for the SD card slot that Apple foolishly removed for a time.  Most people in this very forum screamed at me declaring how they never use it and therefore I ought not to have a use for it either.  What the heck?  They don't need something so I shouldn't either?  Who says that?! Apple then kicked those nuts out the door by bringing the SD card slot back.  Good for Apple!  And good for us in the end!

We see this time and time again.  People in the forums really haven't the faintest idea what they are talking about.  A lot of folks live in the forums and never go outside to see the light of day, choosing instead to incessantly argue points that make no sense.  This "historical perspective" discussion is yet another example.

We can't make the world better unless we try, and in trying, we must be open-minded enough to realize that past decisions made for the greater good haven't always panned out, and therefore we sometimes need to retract those decisions completely.  Remember the Prohibition?  Imagine if that was never retracted!!!

I say we start by eliminating the reason why those cookie notices even exist.  It's not a perfect world.  You can't make it perfect.  What we had before may have been abuse, but the greater abuse comes from Cookie Notices, and now abuse via "Fines and Regulation" against some of the greats like Apple.  Imagine the tech world without Apple.  Then look at all the governments wanting to regulate Apple, as if Apple has done something horrible. Apple really hasn't.  There's no need for EU intervention anymore than there was need for Cookie Notices.  It's all madness created by people who sit around thinking how to modify something else they dislike, all the while not realizing they are screwing it up more than it ever was before.  But then they sit back and laugh because they think they've done something great for the people of the world.  And to make matters even worse, those nuts have got other nuts in the AppleInsider forums who defend their actions.  Crazy!

Remember, the EU brought the bane of the internet: ENDLESS COOKIE CONSENT POPUPS!

Why?
Well, they keep the user in control of their data!
LOL.  
Those notices are far worse than what we had before those notices existed.  And this is but one example of what the EU does.  They create regulations in the name of helping people but end up doing more harm than good.

Who in THE world thinks opening the Apple App Store really helps people?  With millions of apps, who can figure out which want they even need?  In the early days, sure!  But now?  Not a chance.  

Forcing the App store to let app makers avoid Apple's 15% or 30% cut only helps a tiny minority of wealthy app makers who are already well known.  It really doesn't help "most" app developers at all.  And it only contributes to apps becoming worse, which means the user experience is worse overall.  Why would the average user want that?  Well, they probably don't.  But the reality is most users don't really know what they want.  They simply trust people smarter than them will do the right thing for them in government.  But usually, government just creates new rules that hurt everyone in the end.  

You folks demanding change and company breakups don't know how good you have it now.  You moan and groan and scream to get Big Brother involved, and when he gets involved, your world changes for the worse.  But will you blame yourselves when that happens?  Ha!  Hardly.  You will turn your attention to yet another free market activity to ruin with the iron fist of government.

danox said:

jdw said:

killroy said:

This looks like the first shot of a trade war.

Not a true "trade war".  Biden won't do anything — that's clear from his inaction on Apple Watch.  A re-elected Trump might stand up for Apple because it's a valuable US-based, home-grown success story.  In such a case, I suspect Trump might say, "tax our companies, and we'll tax yours 10-fold."  That would halt Japan's actions pretty quickly.  But that most likely would come after Japan has already enacted their taxes on Apple.

In East Asia long term thinking and politeness with purpose works best?, Tim Cook seems to be the right man for the job so far.

If you think being polite and respective of culture will help them avoid the forthcoming tax in Japan, you have another thing coming.  Asian countries appreciate Tim, but they still want to tax him.  And they want to tax you and me too.  In fact, they do.  When governments tax companies, prices go up and you and I pay for it, on top of the individual taxes we already pay.  This is the great crime against humanity that taxation imposes.  

Yes, there are "benefits" but most people fail to realize the true cost to us all.  I try to steer clear of people who cry "let XXX pay their FAIR SHARE," as those types haven't the faintest idea what they're asking.  It is they, as well as you and I who will end up paying more in the long run.  Again, this has nothing to do with Tim Cook being a good guy.  Believe me, I've owned AAPL since 1999 and never sold a single share.  I can say the praises of Tim all day.  But like I said, that's not a matter linked to taxation.