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Joachim
@cocoafrog@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning

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Joachim
@cocoafrog@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning
Joachim
@cocoafrog@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…

https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning
Imogen
@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Nobody wants this...

"Apple announced in February that it would invest $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and hire 20,000 U.S.-based workers. Apple said then that it would build a new 250,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Houston, set to open in 2026, that will make servers to power Apple's AI services."

Another empty gesture by #Apple
NMDoerner
@cdfinder@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Good heavens, this #macOS 26 "Tahoe" beta is such utter crap, nothing really works.

What a sad year for #Apple.

Instead of creating a nice user interface, turing off the obscene "transparency" generates even more migraine inducing animation #garbage.

Such a sick joke.

macOS 26 should come with a health warning.

Hey Apple, postpone macOS 26 to at least 2028, an start fixing the #bugs.
Even better: Delete all that "smear" crap and start with a clear new interface and hire a couple of designers who know what the word usability actually means.
Linux Is Best
@Linux@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Dear Apple users,

No, your Apple iPhone is not more private, and YOU can prove it to yourself.

Sign up for either AdGuard DNS or Control D DNS, and enable logging. Be sure to use that DNS profile.

A fresh stock copy of iOS with no 3rd party apps installed will call home more than a Google Pixel or Microsoft Windows 11 Ltsc.

#Privacy#Security #Apple#iPhone #iOS
NMDoerner
@cdfinder@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@davemark

🤪🤪🤪

What an amazing garbage #Apple has created there.

Usability Zero.

Hard pass.
Linux Is Best
@Linux@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Dear Apple users,

No, your Apple iPhone is not more private, and YOU can prove it to yourself.

Sign up for either AdGuard DNS or Control D DNS, and enable logging. Be sure to use that DNS profile.

A fresh stock copy of iOS with no 3rd party apps installed will call home more than a Google Pixel or Microsoft Windows 11 Ltsc.

#Privacy#Security #Apple#iPhone #iOS

deutrino
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Geriatric Gardener
@GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“A new MintPress News study has found dozens of former agents of the Israeli spy agency, Unit 8200, working at tech giant Apple”

by Alan MacLeod in MintPress News on Telegram

@palestine
@israel

https://t.me/mintpress_news/10388

#Press#Gaza#WestBank #Palestine#Resistance #Israel#Genocide#Terrorism#WarCrimes#PermanentCeasefireNoW#SettlerColonialism#Zionism#Barbarity#BloodLust #Unit8200 #Apple#Spies
Geriatric Gardener
@GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“A new MintPress News study has found dozens of former agents of the Israeli spy agency, Unit 8200, working at tech giant Apple”

by Alan MacLeod in MintPress News on Telegram

@palestine
@israel

https://t.me/mintpress_news/10388

#Press#Gaza#WestBank #Palestine#Resistance #Israel#Genocide#Terrorism#WarCrimes#PermanentCeasefireNoW#SettlerColonialism#Zionism#Barbarity#BloodLust #Unit8200 #Apple#Spies
F-Droid
@fdroidorg@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The #EU #DMA compliance workshops exist to regulate gatekeepers powers, yet both #Apple and #Google treat them like "product launches" where non-engineers show slides and can never answer questions.

The Android play-field, instead of taking steps to respect the DMA, Google shrinks what Android even is. If Apple can own its closed iOS, Google figured they can privatize Android?

Maybe it being #FOSS for 17 years was just a glitch and now Android is out of the famous Google betas?

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F-Droid
@fdroidorg@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The #EU #DMA compliance workshops exist to regulate gatekeepers powers, yet both #Apple and #Google treat them like "product launches" where non-engineers show slides and can never answer questions.

The Android play-field, instead of taking steps to respect the DMA, Google shrinks what Android even is. If Apple can own its closed iOS, Google figured they can privatize Android?

Maybe it being #FOSS for 17 years was just a glitch and now Android is out of the famous Google betas?

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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last month
6G
@6g@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month
@pluralistic
RE
for onshore earnings of #techcompanies with more than CAD20m in annual...

"Tax affecting tech giants like #Apple, #Google and #Amazon kicks in on Monday"

NOT TRUE, the payment (for 2022-2025) is due July 2

Only US companies that make over 20 million CAD have this 3% tax. From shopping and ads, ⭕NOT from co. like Netflix

⭕️Do other countries have similar taxes? Yes.

⭕️France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom all have tax regimes...

SEE VIDEO
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-digital-services-tax-explained-1.7573099

cut Why is Canada creating the tax? Revenue is one big benefit. The Parliamentary Budget Office estimated last year that the tax would bring in more than $7 billion over five years.  The Liberals first promised the tax during the federal election in 2019 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, but it was delayed for years because a number of other nations wanted to work together on one, overarching digital taxation plan that could be applied in multiple countries. As the delays dragged on, Canada went ahead with its own t.  Aside from revenue, Ottawa has pitched the DST as a way to bring the tax code up to date and capture revenues earned in Canada by firms located abroad. What is the U.S. stance on the tax? The United States has been hostile to the tax from the beginning because it largely affects American tech giants. Officials have argued the tax discriminates against American companies and Congress, notoriously divided between Democrats and Republicans, found a moment of common ground in criticizing Canada's plan.  cut A number of industry experts — from lawyers to cross-border groups and commerce associations — have warned for years that the tax would strain the relationship between Canada and the U.S., with one going so far as to predict in 2023 that the tax alone would be to blame for a trade war.
cut Why is Canada creating the tax? Revenue is one big benefit. The Parliamentary Budget Office estimated last year that the tax would bring in more than $7 billion over five years.  The Liberals first promised the tax during the federal election in 2019 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, but it was delayed for years because a number of other nations wanted to work together on one, overarching digital taxation plan that could be applied in multiple countries. As the delays dragged on, Canada went ahead with its own t.  Aside from revenue, Ottawa has pitched the DST as a way to bring the tax code up to date and capture revenues earned in Canada by firms located abroad. What is the U.S. stance on the tax? The United States has been hostile to the tax from the beginning because it largely affects American tech giants. Officials have argued the tax discriminates against American companies and Congress, notoriously divided between Democrats and Republicans, found a moment of common ground in criticizing Canada's plan.  cut A number of industry experts — from lawyers to cross-border groups and commerce associations — have warned for years that the tax would strain the relationship between Canada and the U.S., with one going so far as to predict in 2023 that the tax alone would be to blame for a trade war.
cut Why is Canada creating the tax? Revenue is one big benefit. The Parliamentary Budget Office estimated last year that the tax would bring in more than $7 billion over five years.  The Liberals first promised the tax during the federal election in 2019 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, but it was delayed for years because a number of other nations wanted to work together on one, overarching digital taxation plan that could be applied in multiple countries. As the delays dragged on, Canada went ahead with its own t.  Aside from revenue, Ottawa has pitched the DST as a way to bring the tax code up to date and capture revenues earned in Canada by firms located abroad. What is the U.S. stance on the tax? The United States has been hostile to the tax from the beginning because it largely affects American tech giants. Officials have argued the tax discriminates against American companies and Congress, notoriously divided between Democrats and Republicans, found a moment of common ground in criticizing Canada's plan.  cut A number of industry experts — from lawyers to cross-border groups and commerce associations — have warned for years that the tax would strain the relationship between Canada and the U.S., with one going so far as to predict in 2023 that the tax alone would be to blame for a trade war.