Seriously, why is this guy's comment flamebait? Apple does this. They move billions of euros through Ireland to avoid paying any taxes.
I find it curious that so many Slashdoters have no problem when a company uses all the advantages of society and yet refuses to contribute to keeping the society going. In this case, literally racking in billions upon billions in profit while barely contributing to the tax base.

Why do you think this is a good thing?

I work for a small company. We have only about 80 people. So, while we may not make as many jobs as Apple does we do pay our taxes. We also still have a profit.

Hey, you guys remember that time that the US government was so corrupt and greedy that they allowed the two worst companies in America to combine into one mega company and literally destroy the internet as we knew it?
That was awesome.

Wow, that app must be exactly like Harry Potter's marauders map! Cops automatically appear on the map, no matter what. All cops too. Not just the ones reported by people in speed traps.
I hope the terrorist don't get a hold of this!

And...is China tiny?
The internet in China is way faster on average than in the US. And the just started!.

Americans seem to be unable to wrap their heads around this simple fact...
Without a strong broadband service, your entire economy will be overtaken in time. You people do the same thing with education. All these stupid morons with no kids...derp derp, why should I have to pay taxes for education derp derp?? They never seem to understand that an uneducated country is a dead country. A country of mcdonalds workers.

Two words.
Bull Shit.
The reason is greed. Pure and simple.
I travel to China all the time for work. Even remote places in China have faster internet than the US major cities. China, in case you didn't know it is also pretty damn large.

Where the hell in Germany are you living??
I am in Essen and paying 48€ with unitymedia.
I literally didn't know it was possible to get that shitty of a connection here. At least in Essen, I am pretty sure you would need to special order such a crap connection.

Historically, things always get much, much worse before the 99% freaks out. Very seldom do the ruling class give up any power and improve the situation for the masses to relieve the pressure pot.
Just like the 99%, they also repeat the same mistakes over and over.

Seriously, these guys are total fart blossoms.
I cannot believe the things they are able to say out loud with a straight face.

25Mbps/3Mbps is barely even usable.
Every time I visit my folks in the US, who have 25Mbps/3Mbps I find it unbearably slow. They pay like 80bucks a month for that ridiculous "broadband" connection. 80Bucks!
Meanwhile, I may 48€ per month for 150/25Mbps. That includes TV and phone too.

Seriously, how the fuck can you guys stand it? Especially when ever tech company is pushing their stupid cloud services. How are going to use a cloud service with your ridiculous dialup speeds?
How are you going to watch HD Netflix? Let alone 4K. Forget about it.

(Fledgling)
You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.

I don't think this an elite uni thing. This is part of growing up actually. You see the same from all walks of life.
Normally, when folks reach the age of a college graduate, they tend to have a more black and white view of the world. In my experience, this generally trends towards the right.
However, once they get some life experience under their belts they learn that maybe things are not so cut and dry. This is when they start drifting towards the middle.
They start getting older and think..hey, maybe having health care is not such a bad thing. Maybe ignoring the massive amount of homeless while giving billions of aid to other countries and trillions to the military isn't the best use of funds to secure our way of life and living standards.

"There is no Lollipop upgrade available for any of my devices yet."

There is no Lollipop update for almost all devices!. How the hell should anyone update.
Seriously, do the jack asses that write these articles think that you can just install whatever the heck you want like a PC? I think they have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Android ecosystem.

It may not seem like a big deal, but things like this are used more and more to justify land closures.
For what ever reason, the government has seen fit in the last 2 decades to make more and more public lands off limits to the public. Normally under the umbrella of "protecting" the lands or the public.

Why, they are the religion of peace man!!
Just look here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/b...