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Clearly the recent 1.8B Euro fine the EU levied against Apple didn't send a message. Perhaps the EU needs to ratchet it up by an order of magnitude.
by hellcow 3y ago
Clearly the recent 1.8B Euro fine the EU levied against Apple didn't send a message. Perhaps the EU needs to ratchet it up by an order of magnitude.
- s3r3nity 3y agoQuite an authoritarian take.
- droopyEyelids 3y agoBoth sides are authoritarian. One is a private company with more money than most countries, one is an economic union nominally representing the people of many countries. I don't know where I fall on this issue personally, but siding with Apple is probably more authoritarian.
- BudaDude 3y agoPeople defend Apple like its the underdog. Apple has been Goliath for almost a decade. Apple under Tim Cook is more about making money than it is about making the best product.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoYep and i think the market is saturated, but they still need the number to go up for the big shareholders. I mean they have a gross profit of 150 billion, it's not like this is helping the workers making apple's products and services.
- ben_w 3y agoI'm old enough to remember when they were the underdog. I still find it weird that people spent the last 5 years complaining about practices that started when they still were an underdog, and which were applauded at the time, and which don't even fully apply now to all developers anyway. But you're right, they're not underdogs any more.
- scottyah 3y agoIt's two private companies, in this case one is using their local government to try to force the other to change, in order to make more money.
- abhinavk 3y agoPeople think Apple is a struggling company still making iPod and PowerMacs to stay afloat.
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- Muromec 3y agoOh, authoritarian EU. What is it, 2016 again?
- CamperBob2 3y agoThe unelected 'authority' being Apple, of course. Apple's choice was apparently to die as a hammer-wielding hero or live long enough to become the patriarch on the telescreen.
- ergonaught 3y agoMore likely, Apple needs to withdraw entirely from the EU and see what happens.
- odiroot 3y agoI'd love to watch that!
- freetanga 3y agoWatch as your shares slide down as you withdraw from one of the worlds largest markets?
- selectodude 3y agoThe EU is Apples least profitable market.
- lapcat 3y agoTotally wrong. Europe is Apple's 2nd biggest market. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/fy2024-q1/FY24_Q1_Consolidated_Financial_Statements.pdf https://www.apple.com/newsroom/pdfs/fy2024-q1/FY24_Q1_Consol...
- selectodude 3y agoAnd it’s their least profitable.
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