Oh, how sad it is to see a multinational company discovering that they are not immune to local laws.

Oh, how sad it is to see a multinational company discovering that they are not immune to local laws.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-06/apple-taken-to-court-by-accc-over-alleged-consumer-misrepresent/8421346

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  1. Garry Winterton6 April 2017 at 19:48

    Google and Microsoft as well

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  2. Daniel Ryba9 April 2017 at 13:52

    How sad it is to see a wasted post on matter of little importance where activism against tech giants is concerned... plenty of missed opportunities in the past and many more to come, this is NOT one of them :)

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  3. Rob Masters9 April 2017 at 18:28

    This is not so little, as it is one that is easy to prove under existing laws, and very hard for a company to wriggle out of. A case of picking battles.

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  4. Daniel Ryba10 April 2017 at 08:47

    We are talking about the same thing right, refusing to under warranty, service devices that were serviced by third, not authorised parties?

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  5. Rob Masters10 April 2017 at 12:42

    Not quite - this is Apple disabling devices serviced by third parties.

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