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Joe Piervincenti said:

This is the kind of thing that won’t go anywhere.. notice how they don’t have the same issue with Google Pay on a Pixel, etc... can’t use Apple Pay on those but that’s fine... 

silverwarloc said:

CloudTalkin said:

MacPro said:

If iPhones are vulnerable imagine Android phones which in this extract are not mentioned at all ... it sounds like an excellent marketing strategy for Google to me.  Oh wait ... of course this is the very information all Android users hand over to Google to use already, what am I thinking?

Observations:

• You don't know what Project Zero is.  You don't know what they do
• You skimmed the article looking for excuses why these exploits existed and lasted so long.
• Finding none, you decided it would be perfectly fine to inject baseless speculation and disparage the research team

I've always been curious why people do what you did?  I think either you completely misunderstood what you read or you intentionally made up some stuff.  If it's the former, I'd suggest rereading and clicking on the links to gain understanding.  If it's the latter, might I suggest a look in a mirror and ask yourself: what am I thinking?

Project Zero has been criticized in the past before for not disclosing Googles security failures. The comment is valid.

bb-15 said:

Wikipedia has an informative summary of the case between Ireland, the EU & Apple titled;

”EU illegal State aid case against Apple in Ireland”

- Essentially the EU Commission is using a technicality in the “Double Irish” system. 
Apple did not use the standard Double Irish structure of having two companies. Instead Apple had two divisions within the same company.
- There is no clear evidence that Apple’s version of the Double Irish was better (in terms of reduced taxes) than many other companies in Ireland using the standard Double Irish such as by Microsoft or Google. 

- Why is the EU trying to meddle with Ireland’s tax structure?
For political reasons.
The EU system of high taxes funds a huge selection of benefits as well as generous pensions & month long + vacations. But the EU economically is under tremendous strain. 
Result; the plans to target US companies for much higher taxes (such as by France).

- Why is Ireland resisting the EU? To avoid the eventual elimination of all tax advantages in Ireland which would lead to a mass exodus of multinational corporations from the country & an economic depression in Ireland. 
The Wikipedia article explains;

”...in § Understanding Irish decision, US–controlled multinationals are 25 of Ireland's top 50 companies; pay over 80% of all Irish corporate taxes (circa €8 billion per annum); directly employ 25 per cent of the Irish labour force (and indirectly pay half of all Irish salary taxes); and are 57 per cent of all non-farm OECD value-add in the Irish economy. In June 2018, the American–Ireland Chamber of Commerce estimated the value of US investment in Ireland was €334 billion, exceeding Irish GDP (€291 billion in 2016)... The cost of US multinationals abandoning Ireland as a US corporate–tax haven, would greatly exceed the EU's €13 billion "windfall".”

DanielEran said:

1983 said:

Some parts of this article are silly. Of course Android users are less loyal to the brands they use. Because they have a huge range of Android brands to choose from. iOS users only have Apple.

As for switching from iOS to Android or vice-versa. While I’m sticking with Apple as I like their products. A few friends and associates who started off with iOS and switched to Android due to work or a good deal with their service provider ended up actually prefering it! Which surprised me a little.

 I don’t know if Apple already does this, but they really should test the latest versions of Android while developing their latest and greatest to see if they’re missing something. Because I for one don’t know anybody who has switched from Android to iOS.

Go to Reddit and comb through thousands of posts. See what phone they're talking about switching to. 

hint: it's iPhone X. There's also massive adoption of Apple Watch evident there, and guess what platform is required for Apple Watch. 

On an individual basis, there are certainly going to be examples of people who have an iPhone and decide to try out an Android. This article is talking about overall statistical trends that are commercially significant, not anecdotal recollections of a person. Again, Reddit provides literally thousands of comments that make any one person's "I don't know anyone who's switched from Android" rather meaningless.

fallenjt said:

The point is: I don't trust Google with my information. On a side:
http://thehackernews.com/2017/05/chrome-windows-password-hacking.html