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I thought about that, but they ask for enough info that they’d be able to identify me. And then they’d probably ban me. At least right now I have the option of restoring my account, even though I have no intention of doing so.

kinttach OP ,
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That’s usually how I pay if someone requests money. Venmo is owned by PayPal but my account there works just fine.

kinttach OP ,
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I haven’t. Maybe someday I’ll be willing to, but not today. It’s a hassle and extremely intrusive to provide my bank statement and photo ID to a company whose security I don’t trust.

kinttach OP ,
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Sometimes it’s the only option or the preferred option.

kinttach ,
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Any USB-C headphones work.

kinttach ,
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This report is from 2016. It’s mainly of historical interest.

kinttach ,
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This doesn’t sound like a serious problem for a company like Google. They can afford to solve it by brute force — just put a Wi-Fi hotspot in every single room.

kinttach ,
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That’s disappointing news from Europe. However, the pictured VW and Tesla Model Y may technically be SUVs but they are nothing like the giant SUVs that we see in the US.

kinttach ,
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Who would’ve thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU.

Article 5.3 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA): “The gatekeeper shall not prevent business users from offering the same products or services to end users through third-party online intermediation services or through their own direct online sales channel at prices or conditions that are different from those offered through the online intermediation services of the gatekeeper.”

Apple has an annual legal budget of approximately infinity dollars. I assure you they are aware of this and they believe they are in compliance, even if just barely.

If challenged, they will have no problem fighting it — they have nearly as much cash on hand as the entire EU budget.

I hope the EU challenges this, and I hope the EU wins, but Apple isn’t going to be surprised by whatever happens.

kinttach ,
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Unfortunately, Apple has the resources, both legal and financial, to tie that up in the EU courts for decades.

kinttach ,
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Strange when the party receiving the “commission” gets to dictate the terms of that commission.

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