Apple's Tim Cook to meet with EU competition chief while in New York

lmasanti said:

Why do not ask customers what they want?

We buy the cellphone. We choose either iPhone or other brand.
When I put $1,000+ in a device, I —at least— do not want others —being lawyers or developers or ad sellers— devide to change the conditions why I bought the iPhone.

The FCC, FTC, lawmakers should make a poll to all customers. The telcos have all the names. The cell number will be used only to control that you emit only one note. Then, there will be questions about each OS. And Android user won't be able to answer over iOS, and viceversa.
And use the poll to ask about privacy, tracking and, even, on-device CSAM checks.

Ask customers! Don't look to please voters!

True, but we are not the ones paying the lawmakers bribes.

Follow the HUGE amounts if money changing hands behind the curtain. 

Face it- the war on the middle class is over and WE LOST. 

lmasanti said:

Why do not ask customers what they want?

We buy the cellphone. We choose either iPhone or other brand.
When I put $1,000+ in a device, I —at least— do not want others —being lawyers or developers or ad sellers— devide to change the conditions why I bought the iPhone.

The FCC, FTC, lawmakers should make a poll to all customers. The telcos have all the names. The cell number will be used only to control that you emit only one note. Then, there will be questions about each OS. And Android user won't be able to answer over iOS, and viceversa.
And use the poll to ask about privacy, tracking and, even, on-device CSAM checks.

Ask customers! Don't look to please voters!

Vestager’s only mandate from the EC and EU is to feed baby Ek and other EU companies that cannot keep up due to their own self-inflicted tax laws by creating fake outrage over non-issues 

bshank said:

lmasanti said:

Why do not ask customers what they want?

We buy the cellphone. We choose either iPhone or other brand.
When I put $1,000+ in a device, I —at least— do not want others —being lawyers or developers or ad sellers— devide to change the conditions why I bought the iPhone.

The FCC, FTC, lawmakers should make a poll to all customers. The telcos have all the names. The cell number will be used only to control that you emit only one note. Then, there will be questions about each OS. And Android user won't be able to answer over iOS, and viceversa.
And use the poll to ask about privacy, tracking and, even, on-device CSAM checks.

Ask customers! Don't look to please voters!

Vestager’s only mandate from the EC and EU is to feed baby Ek and other EU companies that cannot keep up due to their own self-inflicted tax laws by creating fake outrage over non-issues 

In that case, how is it that the EU is considered such a wonderful place to live? 

From a health and food safety perspective, all I ever see are lists of banned products popping up here but permitted in the US.

Heath care coverage seems to be league above that of the the general US population. 

Infrastructure (from high speed rail to communications) also seems to be in a different league. 

And in the case of the pure technology stakes there is a lot going on in Europe. Try eliminating ARM, ASML and the Nokia/Ericsson 5G tandem out of the world equation and how would US technology interests fare?

Now, let's throw in the EU processor initiative. 

I'm not seeing the EU failing to keep up. 

The EU is not interested in competition.  Observe what it does, not what it claims.

and no Avon, every time I think of Europe, I am glad my ancestors, like those of many others, had the vision and courage to risk all and emigrate to the colonies. Think about what that says about those who stayed behind.