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Re:France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down... by kemayo on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:06PM (#22268091)
Yeah, they _eventually_ got to an acceptable balance where they announce it and show the current status in the battery settings. But that was only after the PR blowup about it.

I'm sort of conflicted about the fine hitting now, as a result. If they were still being intransigent about the issue, sure, but they've already fixed it...

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Re:France fines Apple €25M for iOS software that slowed down... by pflats on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:42PM (#22269190)
> I'm sort of conflicted about the fine hitting now, as a result. If they were still being intransigent about the issue, sure, but they've already fixed it...

It seems right to me. It's a relatively small fine; Apple makes a few hundred Euros in profit per phone. I'm not sure how many iPhones are in France, but I'd venture to guess this is less than 2 Euros per device.

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