Because they are monopolies and take advantage of their influence and power such as apple oracle google microsoftWhy is everybody mad at tech companies?
Because they are monopolies and take advantage of their influence and power such as apple oracle google microsoftWhy is everybody mad at tech companies?
Does Microsoft innovate any more?The mighty Microsoft fell as a big tech titan. They still make gobs of cash but people don’t think Microsoft when it comes to innovative trends.
We're coming closer and closer to a day where it will simply be cheaper for US companies to divest completely from the EU and ignore their regulations.
Governments produce laws and regulations to control commerce. They also produce wars and rich politicians.He is saying governments dont produce anything.$
GDPR did nothing for me but give me the pleasure of pressing "yes accept cookies" on every website now. Usually multiple times. What else can I do now... I guess download .zips of my fake data from Facebook if I'm ever really bored.If it wasn't for European GDPR you wouldn't even be able to control your own data and how it was shared. That is the actual dystopian society you want to live in, where companies are above the common man? I say we owe the Europeans more than we know.
It's funny cause MSFT is worth more than GOOG and FB.Interesting that it's always Apple, Facebork, Google and Amazon who's always in the bullseye.
Microsoft is never included in the bunch. Funny how times have changed.
France needs to pay their debt somehow and they can't innovate so next best thing....Those that can't produce regulate and tax.
People can blame EU , but the issue is actually US based , the fact that Congress has made it a crusade against big tech makes it a viable option for the rest of the world , US gov cant say "hey EU leave our tech companies alone , if you want to keep selling your Mercedes and BMW`s in our country (and all the rest of EU goods)" because congress are saying that US tech are a problem and should be dealt with.We're coming closer and closer to a day where it will simply be cheaper for US companies to divest completely from the EU and ignore their regulations.
They make some solid business products is all. Not exciting, but it keeps the world spinning. Oh and game-related stuff.Does Microsoft innovate any more?
Sure thing , global economic wars are ongoing for years now across the globe, EU are coming up short in most of them , no one can blame them if they try to do whats best for their own interests , my take on it , is that taking out US tech out of the EU will not result in EU tech companies flourishing in that void and will have consequences for EU companies doing business in the US.I dont agree or disagree on what EU are doing.
But just to use the same analogy with some MR folks, "it is their Platform, Apple can do whatever they want with it, if you dont like it. Get out."
It is their countries, they can do whatever they want with it, if you dont like that market, get out.
"Likewise, last year, Apple adjusted its App Store search algorithm so that fewer of its own apps appear at the top of search results." I'm calling BS on that. the only time apple software search comes up first is if you use the name of th application itself (Numbers, pages, Music, Mail,Maps, etc.). Any cursory review of keyword searches like docs, Excel, word, sheets, Spotify, etc. do not yield Apple apps first, and never have.
So either apple has pushed down its own apps when you search on the name of the app itself, or this supposition is wrong (it is wrong). That would be like searching for Excel and not seeing results of Excel.
We're coming closer and closer to a day where it will simply be cheaper for US companies to divest completely from the EU and ignore their regulations.
France. lol. Apple should pull out of the EU. Let them all go back to using the MiniTel.
Yep. But that means the "don't like it" part is still there, and some of us want a better outcome for the world, which does not involve the EU and US trade warring. Likewise, I have gripes with Apple's ecosystem and choose not to participate in some ways, but I still wish they'd be better.I dont agree or disagree on what EU are doing.
But just to use the same analogy with some MR folks, "it is their Platform, Apple can do whatever they want with it, if you dont like it. Get out."
It is their countries, they can do whatever they want with it, if you dont like that market, get out.
The regulation and other govt intervention is what favors the big conglomerates. Take away FAANG's tax breaks, take away other big companies' bailouts, and smaller but more competent companies will kill them off more frequently. Stop the Fed "printing" money, and wealth stops being systematically redistributed to the rich. Simplify the tax code, and lots of avoidance and the resulting corruption goes away (some wealthy people actually pay insane taxes, others pay no tax).i assume these are the last twitches of the long lost American dream? It’s funny how you think unbridled capitalism and the deregulated free market are the way forward. While it only increases the gap between the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated and favours big conglomerates that crush the competition. While offering worse service for higher prices. Give me Europe’s fast and cheap internet connections without spyware any day.
You just answered your own question!Interesting, are you saying that the US (because all of out production is in China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, etc) does not produce?
Interesting that it's always Apple, Facebork, Google and Amazon who's always in the bullseye.
Microsoft is never included in the bunch. Funny how times have changed.
They are laughing the whole way too, getting away with crap that they did back in the day with IE, now doing with Edge.. Its so funny, MS is just as evil a company now as before, if not more so. Like in Australia, they say, oh go and ban Google Search, Bing will fill the gap.. lol... no one wants Bing, they have to pay off the Australian government to try and get market share. It's hilarious the things MS gets away with now.The mighty Microsoft fell as a big tech titan. They still make gobs of cash but people don’t think Microsoft when it comes to innovative trends.