@DC28961@MetamateDaz Most salary positions are salaried because the results are what matters. Do what you’re doing and it can go hourly quick. Just ask Yahoo.
@ShadyBias@WillieLump38842@jeremyct If she sells then she pays cap gains on the sale. Depending on how much it has gone up the taxes on sale could be enough that it would prevent her from moving. So if you REALLY want seniors to sell then make it a tax free transaction for anyone over, say, 65. Otherwise...
@radu_st1@dalvasuis What you don't get is that Apple is ahead of the EU and everyone else when it comes to protecting their users from data theft. They don't want to dumb their systems down to your level. The DMA is clearly protectionism. The EU never comes at local corporations as had as US ones.
@i_am_fabs I am quite informed and far from "right-wing". These moves all smack of protectionism. But setting that aside maybe Apple should let everyone steal your data and sell it. I mean that's clearly what you want, right? You'll install MetaAI on your iPhone and then toast.
*Scene 232, some time in 2025*
APPLE: Can we release Siri AI?
EC: Sure, if you want to get fined under the DMA
APPLE: How can we comply with the DMA?
EC: Give third-parties access to all the private data on Apple phones so that they can compete with you.
APPLE: But we can't do that, it would invade our users' privacy, and it's a violation of our brand promise.
EC: Then Siri AI won't be compliant with the DMA.
APPLE: How about if we give them access to a "Trusted System Agent", middleware that would allow competing virtual assistants to safely access the same features and capabilities as Siri AI?
EC: That's not equal access to everything you have access to, we want you to share everything, for free, that's what we think the DMA demands.
APPLE: I'm not sure that's what the text says, are you sure we can't talk about this? We don't even know if that's technically possible. We designed Siri AI to work with our systems, our private cloud, and on-device processing, we don't know how to provide the same access to third-parties from the jump. It's going to take time.
EC: That's fine, you can take your time, but if you launch in Europe we'll fine you.
APPLE: Can we start with the Trusted System Agent, and then figure out how to give you everything you want, that is technically possible, and in a privacy preserving way, over the next 18 months?
EC: Nope. EU law is non-negotiable.
APPLE: Really? That sucks, we don't want to Abandon our European users.
EC: That's Apple's decision, and Apple's only.