> And half of all US taxpayers pay Apple for this privilege. That still doesn’t mean Apple is taxpayer funded. That's what's coming next, hopefully. For all it

> And half of all US taxpayers pay Apple for this privilege. That still doesn’t mean Apple is taxpayer funded. That's what's coming next, hopefully. For all its many faults the EU is going down that path in regards to the mobile phone industry and the related ecosystem. It's telling that the one article bashing Apple the company that is now on the HN home page has first been published by a French magazine. Also, let's leave the "hear me out" thing to reddit.