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Apple slammed with $1 billion class action lawsuit in UK over 30% App Store fee
Perhaps the time has come for Apple to allow some form of side loading with the understanding that it limits Apple’s liability for any damages suffered by those who choose that avenue. I wish it would be possible for that Avenue to be one-way. That if you distribute your app outside the App Store that you can’t also distribute within it. In the long run, most users will continue to take advantage of the convenience and security of the App Store. Developers will lose in volume whatever they save in fees. -
Apple guts internal communication tool, crippling union organization
For a company that has “Think Different” in its DNA, Apple has passed on the opportunity to think differently about labor/management relations. It’s not uncommon in Europe for industries to welcome labor unions as partners, up to and including a seat on the Board. Apple has taken the 19th century robber baron version of calling out the Pinkertons and goons on strikers and updated it to the call out the expensive anti-union law firms at the first sign of workers organizing. Maybe try something different? Sit down and discuss ways a union can partner with management for mutual benefit. Not just assume the sky is falling. Anything other than the knee-jerk adversarial model because “all the other companies are doing it.” Come on, Apple. A little innovation and imagination in this area too. -
IAM CORE files another unfair labor practice charge against Apple with NLRB
beowulfschmidt said:While the employees have every right to unionize, Apple has no "duty" to negotiate at all. If Apple believe their offer is fair and equitable, there is no obligation to change it just because someone else wants them to. It might be wise for them to do so, and a PR problem if they don't, but there's no "duty" to do so.NLRB https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/bargaining-in-good-faith-with-employees-union-representative
See “duty” to bargain and negotiate in good faith there. -
TSMC sends more Taiwanese workers to finish Arizona plant
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Giant 30-inch iMac, iPhone 15, OLED iPads: Apple's roadmap for 2023-2024