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Apple gets to keep making Free Cash Flow while the rest burn it on capex

You said Zuck has been "selling data to the government for a decade". You did not support your wild claim with any facts. So yes, you just make stuff up.

Do you seriously have a source for any of your wild claims or do you just routinely make stuff up? Where on META's 10-K do they report revenue from selling data? You sound like a conspiracy theorist. Except you're a conspiracy theorist who doesn't mind the government getting access to everything. Like I said, your logic makes no sense.

https://www.engadget.com/2212152/meta-facebook-instagram-eu-addictive-design-finding/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/meta-instagram-facebook-addictive-design-breach-eu-laws.html Seriously, Europeans--this is what your leaders are focusing on???

Is that at all relevant to the topic at hand? Yes. I've lived in Europe and worked for a European firm for a brief stint. I've also traveled there for fun many times. I want good things for Europe and my problem is that its leaders have hurt Europe in big ways. Look at German industry for an example.

Your post is highly convoluted and makes no sense. We Americans like to keep things simple. Free Speech is Free as long as there is no libel (with a high bar) or threats of violence. It's our First Amendment for a reason. Europeans should just admit that they do not have Free Speech.

The guy was in a group chat where people posted allegedly racist and nazi memes. He got charged for being in a group chat. I am sure the content was reprehensible and people can socially ostracize such folks, but there is no accusation of libel or violence so why should he be charged for a crime? Even the ACLU has a long history of defending nazi and racist rights to demonstrate so long as it's peaceful: https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-we-hate Free speech means you have to defend even free speech you strongly disagree with. But we all know now that Europe does not really have Free Speech so the argument is moot.

Nope. It's well documented that they cannot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple–FBI_encryption_dispute In the U.S., a warrant via a judge can allow law enforcement to get more info--that's a good hurdle to accessing data. Chat control has no such hurdles and the government can have all data of criminals and innocent people. Apple does not have the keys to its own end to end encryption. They are serious about privacy. This has been a recurring dispute and even leaders like Macron have confronted Signal, etc about this. The UK is demanding Apple weaken its encryption/install a backdoor. They cannot stand that there is data they cannot access... https://cryptobriefing.com/uk-surveillance-apple-backdoor-crypto/

LOL they’re still posting stuff like this! And getting bodied in the comments

So the parliament for a bill that has failed repeatedly sneaks a vote in right before recess and it passes even though there are more nays than yays and your response is “NBD”??? LOL You are more worried about private companies like Facebook having your data than actual governments that have a track record of throwing people in prison for “wrong speech”?? Do I have that right??? What are you worried Mark Zuckerberg is going to do? Sell you more ads??? You are worried they might “sell” this data to the government, so instead you’d rather just hand the keys directly to the government??? LMAO And you are right: you can choose a different operating system or not to use facebook. If Chat Control passes, you have no choice left! The government gets everything! Your logic makes zero sense… A lot of Europeans believe fear mongering conspiracy theories about the big bad American tech companies, but then have total faith in their governments that keep deceiving them… Individual rights, privacy, and free speech are first and foremost supposed to be about protections from the government (not so much private companies). Americans are more distrustful of government and for the right reasons.

It's really clear what's happening here, isn't it? America's Democracy ranking fell in 2016 because people elected Trump and the people who make these rankings don't like Trump. It's ironic because the people making the rankings are objecting to the Will of the American People--literally what a democracy is supposed to do. I just summarized the whole thesis for all these people who rank democracies: "The People elected someone we do not like, so now they drop a few notches on the "democracy rankings" that we publish". As with European leaders, "Democracy" is only valid when the electorate makes the "correct" choice. When they make the "wrong" choice, they are "far right", "dangerous", and should be censored and elections cancelled. That's basically European "democracy" in a nutshell which is why you had them slam Chat Control through despite overwhelming public opposition. "Ignorance is Strength" "War is Peace" And "It's only 'democracy' if you agree with us"

Translation: when Americans are more "polarized" (meaning they believe stuff we disagree with), America is less "democratic". Also the Economist: we ranked America low because of low political participation. The actual data says otherwise: https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_Analysis_of_voter_turnout_in_the_2024_general_election Now tell me how many European voters participate in the election of the European Commission/President....oh wait, it's zero. So tell me more about your useless rankings...

LOL, an article that cites the "V-Dem Institute" again. Clueless.. Did these people read the V-Dem Institute rankings though? I heard Brussels-tards are the most democratic beings in the universe (according to them).

"A European institute ranked Europe as more democratic than the USA". LMAO "we investigated ourselves and found we've done nothing wrong". Just don't compare the German Chancellor to Pinocchio! Just don't "insult" the wrong groups! Europeans really love to criticize and critique America at the most minutiae levels, but when their own flaws are pointed out, it's deflect deflect and deflect. Europe's GDP stagnating ? No worries, we are at the top of the list of happiest countries (a list we created)! The point is that the EU is not a democratic organization. Its president is not selected by the people. It is a non-democratic layer of government that has harmed the continent greatly and continues to do so.

European “democracy”: 276 in favor, 314 against becomes law. LMAO the European elites win again! https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/D4wDMOlV4M

Do you have a source for that or do you just routinely make stuff up?

The problem is that European leaders pretend to be defenders of democracy but are very antidemocratic. The notion of free speech and privacy of communication between individuals from government is very important to individual rights and democracy—even if you might not think so. That’s why autocracies like China don’t have these things. It’s relevant here because it’s just one episode in European leaders’ long history of overregulating businesses (in this case tech companies with end to end encryption) while their economies stagnate. Yeah, you cab believe all the conspiracies you want, but Apple does not have the keys to end to end encrypted communication. They cannot access it. Apple is very serious about privacy. This is not true in China and basically European leaders want to do the same thing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-privacy-censorship.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Welcome—I’ve been in the area for over 15 years now. Hit me up when you move here—would love to buy a drink for the guy who made me good money on LQDA and ShitLab. Your contributions to this forum have been very valuable—especially for someone young and starting out

The fact is that European politicians who claim to care about "privacy" are really upset that companies like Apple are allowing its users to have full end-to-end encryption. Shows you that European leaders don't want privacy at all, but just one thing: control.

Lol: someone who doesn't understand FISA or the difference between having backdoor access to all encrypted communication vs interception of communication. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple–FBI_encryption_dispute https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/law-enforcement-guidelines-us.pdf To those who are clueless: even Apple doesn't have the keys to iPhone end to end encryption.

LOL. You do understand the difference between a private company collecting data to sell you ads and a government, right? Or maybe you do not. I guess that's why Europeans like to click on those "Accept Cookies" banners all day BTW: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/law-enforcement-guidelines-us.pdf https://support.apple.com/en-bn/guide/iphone/iph584ea27f5/ios

You know your "democracy" is in trouble when you start comparing it with Russia's... https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/07/eu-to-extend-temporary-message-scanning-regime-to-detect-child-sexual-abuse-online Read it again--they used a rare measure to sneak it through: No consider all the problems facing Europe and THIS is what these MEPs are hellbent on passing? LMAO. You don't trust Twitter? Fine. What about R/Europe on Reddit? Why don't you read the comments.

You really have to love the institution that is the EU/European Commission. Europe's economy is stagnant for years and the future looks bleak. And what are the priorities of Europe's leaders? Recreate George Orwell's 1984: Chat control is a great way to continue Europe's suppression of Free Speech. Anyone who insults the German Chancellor on private chat with their friends or family can promptly be arrested. Hooray! Know who is exempt from Chat Control? EU ministers, of course! This is not a democracy, it's like an autocracy of the elites.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/07/uk-productivity-economy-reform-party/687303/ Apparently just spending a few days in London and concluding that everything is fine in Britain is not a good assessment of the real situation. Europeans have been utterly failed by their leaders. Though a lot of it is also self inflicted: reliance on welfare/generous benefits, excessive sick days/vacations, etc Europeans have been bragging that their lifestyle is better than Americans, but what happens when their countries fall further behind? I'm afraid that even the extra vacation days won't make up for living in a place poorer than Mississippi.