"If we kill you, you get $100. RoboTaxi!!!"

Well anonymous coward, itâ(TM)s rather rich that you accuse me of being personally insulting when you hide literally as the anonymous coward that you are, and having initiated the personal insults. But based upon your perceived but not earned sense of euro-superiority, this is not surprising. Beyond all the ridiculous false assumptions you have made about me personally, as a part of your vitriol, you still canâ(TM)t controvert the fact that Apple followed Irish law to the letter, something even Ireland steadfastly defends. Yet "ironically" it is Apple and not Ireland that is punished. This is not surprising considering how EU commissioners have openly stated that they are going to go after large American companies solely to pay for their failed economic policies.

Blah blah blah "America" doesn't mean America... What fucking stupidity.

And while you're being stupid, tell me please, why did Apple have to pay Ireland â14 billion for having followed Irish law? If Ireland was guilty of not taxing enough, should Ireland get the fine?

Let's not pretend the obvious -- which is what the EU Commission has repeatedly expressly stated -- they want to get at big American companies.

Get out quick before the AI comes up with bacon-wrapped tofu bites or whatever.

Apple is a successful American company, this we MUST find some reason to fine the 10% of global annual revenue every year, or we aren't doing our job!

Sure, to a certain degree--many people have complained about the difficulties of DIY iPhone justice. But when Apple loses their own, suddenly new secret features come out.

Even electronic parts have their own serial numbers these days.

Eventually people recognize cheap parlor tricks for what they are. Or in this case, massively expensive ones.

Theft ends when the incentive is negated.

10,000% sales tax, equally outrageous registration fees, tolls at roads entering the state, etc.

And that is the inherent goal here. Republicans hate California because its success undermines the validity of their politics.

⦠when they are not in power, and then when they are in power, they raise them.

Or attempting to control them?

Given that Apple is apparently :roll_eyes: spending $500,000,000,000 to build a single plant in the US, your max signed integer is going to reduce their cost to $1,783,793,896, a savings of 99.64%! However I doubt Apple will be happy with this number either.

It came to my address.