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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Personally Threatened to Kick Ube... by AndrewDP on Sunday April 23, 2017 @07:55PM (#14181097)
This raises some interesting points about the established order of Apple in the tech landscape: 1. Around the same Apple was beginning a fight with FBI and law enforcement about protecting users' rights 2. That Apple didn't just pull the plug on Uber until it was fixed That Cook had a meeting with Kalanick to warn him as opposed to acting unilaterally suggests that Apple doesn't have the power in the market that some believe (and that it projects).
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Personally Threatened to Kick Ube... by phoneyphone on Sunday April 23, 2017 @08:33PM (#14181211)
Corporations aren't robots. They don't pull the plug on transportation infrastructure because of a TOS violation. There are plenty of disabled people who rely on Uber.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Personally Threatened to Kick Ube... by nihonde on Sunday April 23, 2017 @10:08PM (#14181504)
Taking Uber off the App Store would kill the company dead. Tim Cook had, has, and should continue to have that authority.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Personally Threatened to Kick Ube... by ElCapitanMarkla on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:47AM (#14200973)
It wouldn't really though would it?

Everyone who had the app on their phone already would still have it and Uber would end up updating to comply pretty quickly.

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