They don't just get to keep violating laws after the fine is paid, that will just trigger more substantial action (bigger penalties, etc).
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Apple Fined Another €5 Million Over Dating Apps as Dutch Regulators Say Apple Has 'Refused to Put Forward Any Serious Proposals'
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Think of all the student loan debt that money could be going towards. Money to burn baby!
It's bizarre, to me, that this fine is over alternative payment systems for dating apps.
Dating apps?? Seriously? Again, bizarre.
All I know is Apple Legal has to be one of the more secure jobs around.
Dating apps?? Seriously? Again, bizarre.
All I know is Apple Legal has to be one of the more secure jobs around.
There is no max overall penalty AFAIK: the weekly fine can be raised up to 50 million per week until Apple complies, meaning indefinitely if Apple keeps refusing to comply.
Not sure if they have further ways to escalate the penalty.
Apple doesn't want to break their software nor open up a hornets nest. Don't know where this will ultimately head, but we will see.
Here my personal take on why the case had to be limited to dating apps. It had a much broader scope at the beginning.
This just shows how Apple ticks and how evil they are, they think they are above the law but will face plant hard.
Even core Apple guys leaves them for being toxic, Chris Lattner(Swift) just sang why he left Apple:
forums.swift.org
Even core Apple guys leaves them for being toxic, Chris Lattner(Swift) just sang why he left Apple:
Core team to form language workgroup
The core team is currently looking at restructuring the project's leadership to provide more pathways for community members to become actively involved in the project's stewardship. Swift has gradually introduced more workgroups to focus on technical and non-technical investments (an idea that...
Nope. Poor reading comprehension on your part. That was his explanation for leaving the Swift core team which is not a part of Apple. Lattner left Apple five years before he left the core team (per your link.)This just shows how Apple ticks and how evil they are, they think they are above the law but will face plant hard.
Even core Apple guys leaves them for being toxic, Chris Lattner(Swift) just sang why he left Apple:
Core team to form language workgroup
The core team is currently looking at restructuring the project's leadership to provide more pathways for community members to become actively involved in the project's stewardship. Swift has gradually introduced more workgroups to focus on technical and non-technical investments (an idea that...
Swift Core Team is Apple: https://www.swift.org/community/#core-team
Connect the dots, as S.J. said once.
Looks like people are greedy enough in wanting a piece of the Apple pie.
I'm not sure anything Apple suggests will actually satisfy regulators at this point.
No, it's not. It's an open source project. Apple is the project lead and some core team members work at Apple. But it's not Apple.
Yeah. I was going to say that this is like levying a $2 fine on someone who makes $60,000 a year.
6 of 7 Apple, and 1 Google, I doubt that he left because of the 1.
Over 85% Apple, that's truly Apple, heh.
Well, Swift is not an Apple project in the same way Chromium is not a Google project: technically it's not, but in practice it's pretty clear who steers the ship.
I'm not saying Apple is a great place to work, I don't know. But, Chris Lattner left Apple in 2017. He has since worked for Tesla and Google and founded his own company last month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lattner
Again, it's a open source project. It's not Apple. As evidenced by the fact that Lattner wasn't an Apple employee at the time he left the core team.
It is an Apple project. Apple is officially the project lead. But it is not a part of Apple.
The point is that Apple steers the ship. The Core Team is technically not "Apple", but Apple, as Project Lead, is the official authority which appoints the members of the Core Team.
This means Apple is in fact directly responsible for the Core Team even if the members of the Core Team themselves are not necessarily Apple employees.
Neither am I.
But it's not for a lack of what Apple could suggest or do.
They literally just need to allow these apps to link to outside purchasing options. That's it. No commission on outside sales, no entitlement requirements, no paperwork to file. They just need to legally allow it. Developers (some) will gladly figure out the rest and re-build apps with their new code. That is it.
Apple just doesn't want to give in and allow it.
€5/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = €43'800
Yeah, I agree they're probably making more than that each year.
When did I call anybody a liar?
Yes, he left Apple 2017(you are NOT a liar!11!eleven11!), but the real reason is "mysteriously unknown", surely it wasn't just for money or extra because of Tesla, and later he leaves the Swift Core Team(calling it toxic) that mainly consists of Apple employees.
Cough, cough, sum up, that says it all.
Apple and it's environment is so toxic and full of crap, it's not the first time this comes to light, and even drives somebody to leave his Baby(Swift) behind. Their overall behavior which is slowly coming more and more to light lately just completes the whole image of Evil Apple.
Apple treats their customers bad, Apple treats their employees bad, Apple treats the developers bad.
They walk over dead bodies, and think they are above the law.
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Those of you that think this is just a "Dutch issue" apparently don't realize that this is likely to end up as a full EU issue.
Apple is pissing into the wind here
They are going to get hosed on
And it will be all their own fault.
Apple is pissing into the wind here
They are going to get hosed on
And it will be all their own fault.