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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by gigatexal on Sunday August 11, 2024 @09:55AM (#41216167)
How? If Apple left the EU entirely, closed all stores, shut down all EU operations, what jurisdiction would the EU have?
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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by gamblor956 on Monday August 12, 2024 @02:01PM (#41227439)
If Apple actually did that, then none.

But Apple's corporate tax structure requires them to be in the EU. It's not just the loss of EU revenues at stake; Apple would owe hundreds of billions more in taxes each year as a result of this "simple" suggestion.

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Re:Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers i... by gigatexal on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:56AM (#41235007)
their irish tax shelter thing maybe they move it to the UK not part of the EU and then that fixes things?>
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