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U.S. Senators Urge Apple to Reconsider Decision Not to Testify in Upcoming App Store Hearing
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From the same folks that broke health care! They are definitely the problem, not the solution.
Ah, I can see from all the responses that the Apple-can-do-no-wrong fanboy force is especially strong in this one.
Honestly, I can't imagine anything more useless than another senate subcommittee on anything technical. Kudos to Apple for skipping the ********.
The only way this is in Apple's best interest to attend is if they think Congress is going to pass something that limits Apple's ability to make profits. They know that everyone is gunning for the App Store right now, but that is an uphill battle to say the least. Apple is not a monopoly in a true sense. You have choice. You can buy any cell phone you want.
I don't really see the point. Tim has participated in the past, but it was a colossal waste of time. I sincerely doubt anything will come out of this latest dog and pony show. Mostly its politicians trying to get some soundbites and appear to be doing something.
I'd rather see them take up privacy and give us something similar to GDPR.
I'd rather see them take up privacy and give us something similar to GDPR.
Are you implying healthcare was working before?
Dam right it's unacceptable not to testify.
APPLE is a Tax Evader too.
APPLE is a Tax Evader too.
Tim Cook knows an utter waste of time when he sees one.
Yeah it’s really infuriating on this site. I hate fanboyism.
As a CEO, I would not send anyone to testify in person in Washington DC. Newsflash: there is a deadly virus everywhere, and not everyone has been vaccinated yet. There are variance of the virus emerging. There are a lot of anti-trust actions the Senate needs to take, but I don’t really think Apple is one of them.
Exactly, there's a real monopoly bilking us every day and they waste our time and money on this
Last time they asked almost nothing but stupid questions of Sundar Pichai.
I’m implying that the government has a history of breaking things they stick their hands into. In the context of the article, I believe any regulations they try to impose would ultimately harm the consumer.
I don’t think many people remember how lame it was trying to add functionality to smart phones before the iPhone and the App Store. I used to buy really high end Nokia prior to iPhone and the world wasn’t really set up for software on phones.
Apple innovated with the App Store and in turn helped software developers innovate within iOS. From what I can see the advertising, legal and political industries are only making the World worse...
Apple innovated with the App Store and in turn helped software developers innovate within iOS. From what I can see the advertising, legal and political industries are only making the World worse...
Apple, like every company and most individuals, is a tax avoider — big difference — one is legal and the other is not. Unless you have proof of evasion?
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Is it worth participating in a hearing when most of the people doing the questioning in these high-tech matters have no idea about technology in the first place? Even simple matters, for instance, that Facebook doesn't own Google.
I'm sure Google will have been invited to this hearing as well, most of the questions and answers will be the same across both.
This hearing is just a fishing trip, nothing more.
Only the U.S. seems to want to cripple its own companies that are successful. Make no mistake, crippling U.S. companies with new laws will not favor new US companies, they will merely favor existing foreign giants.
U.S companies does not have a cost advantage. The only thing that U.S government provides its companies is the U.S standard of living and H1B visas, which attracts talent from around the world. Every other advantage U.S companies have, the individual companies had to work hard to achieve. And now they want to cripple those few advantages these companies developed legally, by changing the law and making those illegal? It's sad that foreign companies are using US laws to break US companies. No other country would allow such a thing.
U.S companies does not have a cost advantage. The only thing that U.S government provides its companies is the U.S standard of living and H1B visas, which attracts talent from around the world. Every other advantage U.S companies have, the individual companies had to work hard to achieve. And now they want to cripple those few advantages these companies developed legally, by changing the law and making those illegal? It's sad that foreign companies are using US laws to break US companies. No other country would allow such a thing.