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  • Irish lawmakers gearing up for $14.5B Apple tax bill appeal amidst industry concern

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    I guess these EU halfwits have forgotten about Airbus which would not exist today without government subsidies, tax breaks and other "special relatioships".
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  • US Treasury takes last stab at deterring tax judgment against Apple & Ireland

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    crowley said:
    latifbp said:
    There are a lot of immature Euros on here who don't understand the most rudimentary foundation of business... Whatever local community or city or state decides to do with a company is up to them. To have some arbitrary regulatory body create rules and apply them retroactively is unethical at best, but some Euros insist on cheering on this political stupidity
    Article 107 of the TFEU (formerly 87 of the TEC) is the law that prohibits state aid as incompatible with competitiveness.  It is not being applied retroactively, it's been there for a long time.
    And as noted, it is something no country follows! Can you say "Airbus"?
    latifbp

  • Frank Ocean's Apple Music releases potentially mark beginning of end for streaming exclusives

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    cropr said:
    markiezyy said:
    A lot of artist will soon be following Frank's foot step. Chance the Rapper is a perfect example of how being an independent artist is more beneficial. Apple allows artist to be more creative with their projects and have a huge platform therefor artist will cut the middleman and just do business with apple or other stream serives...

    An exclusivity means that there is no airplay on other streaming services. And because people only interested in a song if they have heard it a few times, there will be less people inclined to buy the record an go to concerts of the artist.  So in the long run these disadvantages are weighting much more that the pay check from the exclusivity provider.

    Netsky had after 2 months  less revenue from the album for which he had an exclusivity with Apple than from his previous album after 2 months.

    Was that because of the exclusive, or because the album wasnt as good? Regardless, 2 months is meaningless in the total life of an album if its truly any good.
    mike1

  • FBI director calls for restart of smartphone encryption debate

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    apple ][ said:
    Screw that guy, letting the #1 criminal go scot free.

    My trust in the FBI is approximately 0%.

    And something terrible is no doubt going to happen sooner rather than later, and I do not give a crap if the FBI can not hack into any phones. Something terrible happens approximately every 86 hours in Europe, sucks to be them I guess. B)

    I am currently supporting Russian hackers, Chinese hackers and hackers all over the world and wikileaks too to do what the FBI refused to do, bring justice! Let's see those emails! They're coming soon! It's going to be awesome! I can't wait! :#


    Give it a rest! You have no idea what you are talking about. And like the moron "the Donald", you are now encouraging foreign entities to engage in espionage which is a treasonable offense. Aren't you the genius...
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  • FBI director calls for restart of smartphone encryption debate

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    This Repugnantan clown just doesnt get it. You CAN NOT have a backdoor! Period.
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