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White House Hits Back at Apple's Massive EU Fine
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You’re absolutely this “unfair” tantrum is unbecoming and immature from a multi trillion dollar company that has even more stringent rules for developers and users of its platform than the EU does.
Quite honestly, Apple should voluntarily withdraw their iOS products from the EU over their draconian laws of competition and see how the (former & current) Apple customers react to the loss of Apple iOS / iPadOS / Apple Watch products.
PRIVACY is certainly one of my priorities in my data and how it’s handled.
EU, the Choice is simple — keep your grubby hands out of the Apple Secure Garden or allow customers in the EU to only buy android-based products. See how that goes over with the EU Voters come election time!
PRIVACY is certainly one of my priorities in my data and how it’s handled.
EU, the Choice is simple — keep your grubby hands out of the Apple Secure Garden or allow customers in the EU to only buy android-based products. See how that goes over with the EU Voters come election time!
This is absurd logic when you realize that it means big companies will never bother complying with the law.
Ex:
If my revenue in your country is 10 and my global revenue is 10,000,000,000 then you could fine me 100% of the revenue in your country and it wouldn't make an iota of difference to my behaviour. It's too small to matter. That is why ti is based on global revenue. If it is not then the company can just treat the fine as another cost of doing business without changing their behaviour.
Fines need to be large enough to actually change behaviour or else they are worthless.
As someone whose company just received a British built $400k piece of equipment, poorly designed and terrible to work on. Please don’t. Also, do you get some kind of government stimulus for every snap ring and acorn nut over standard nut you implement?
Apple is firmly of the opinion that they are obeying the law, and the regulators are the ones who are interpreting it incorrectly. And since the EU courts haven't weighed in, Apple very well may be right.
They had it coming!!! Secretly extorting us for billions in Linux mascot licensing fees 🤣😂
That seems to be a very accurate way to describe it. How would you more accurately name it?
Trump is backing an American company. This should surprise no one.
I think apple was also required to make these fixes in the US regarding anti-steering provisions right? Really weird for US and EU to require these fixes but the US gets upset when EU enforces it. This needs to be handled maturely.
Frankly I’m shocked this is getting any oxygen at all in current environment. This is so low on the EU/US totem poll of important things. Apple is a luxury device company. Virtually nothing Apple makes is vital.
Many of us Europeans are happy as well... the wannabe MAGAstan Brits always pompously whining and moaning were stinkin' up the EU... now if we could dump Hungary. (edit correct spelling)
Apple got fined after due process... but I guess Americans and especially the Trump types aren't familiar with the concept of legal due process
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Great question. The answer lies in the purpose of the restrictions imposed and the their nefarious purposes. Control of the masses chief amongst them.
Yup, this is absurd... but why does anyone believe that the US and the US only is allowed to engage in stupid and destructive trade policies?
100% correct. The DMA allows them to fund themselves under the spices of control of information.
WHAT? Seems to me that the removal of anti-free speech laws is consistent.
Apple should let the Europeans decide for themselves what level of privacy and security they want on their Apple products. Apple's privacy and security excuse is weak.
The current Donald White House is practicing extortion and stock manipulation. White House condemnation concerning "extortion" is a ridiculous sick joke.
The current Donald White House is practicing extortion and stock manipulation. White House condemnation concerning "extortion" is a ridiculous sick joke.
Uhm, Musk?
Free speech absolutist
(Disclaimer: may kick you off Twitter if you say anything he doesn't agree with)
Would you like ZERO tariffs? Impose ZERO tariffs. This is a very easy concept to understand unless misunderstanding it is the goal.
A court in the US said Apple had to let developers inform users that cheaper ways to subscribe existed in app, but the US did not say Apple isn't allowed to require a commission if a user clicks on a link in an app downloaded from the App Store so the developer can avoid paying Apple for the intellectual property it uses to make its app.
It also didn't fine Apple $500m for refusing to read its mind when complying with the letter for law.
Are you really ignorant of Huawei's purpose in the world?
Correct because the EU instated tarrifs against the US first in addition to "non-tariff barriers" include intellectual property rules, environmental and digital regulations, licensing requirements and, in some cases, "corruption." Such as the nonsense going against Apple and others.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Do you hate how every website you go on has MASSIVE popups about cookies that you have to fill in every single time. Thank the EU for that. The EU says I have to allow my users to delete their data, however our app is a medical app which we are required to keep records for 7 years per federal law. Which means I can be fined 300k+ for every user that wishes to delete their data but I cant let them due to US laws.
If you spit in their general direction you get slammed with massive fines.
Its really that simple. Especially one devoting 500 billion dollars to build manufacturing plants in the US (a huge part of his agenda)
They did make the changes but they got fined anyways. The EU routinely crushes American companies and protects EU monopolies such as spotify. The rules are so vague and open ended intentionally so no matter what apple does short of making the entire OS free and open source the EU will fine them regardless.
Not to mention their changes are horrible. Safari is the only competing browser to the Google Chrome monopoly. EU forces apple to let users select a browser and make it easier for the current monopoly to grow even larger.
"MAGAstan"? Really? Why can't people like you talk normal. 6 year old children can articulate arguments better then half of these political extremists.
Also what due process? What are you even talking about.
Not a good analogy is what I'm saying.
I know plenty of people that have Carplay in their older cars, it doesn't require you to allow access to the cars internal systems.
Not even remotely close to being the same.