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Tjeerd RoyaardsEU fines Apple and Meta. Cartoon for Trouw.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigtech</a>

R. Scott PertEC heavy fines on Apple and Meta for breach of Digital Market obligations> US tech giants Apple and Meta were fined €500 million ($572 million) and €200 million respectively by the European Commission for breach of the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a>'s Digital Markets Act (<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMA</a>) obligations> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> was found to have breached its “anti-steering” obligation under the DMA, while <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> was considered not to have given consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data <a href="https://en.mercopress.com/2025/04/24/ec-heavy-fines-on-apple-and-meta-for-breach-of-digital-market-obligations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.mercopress.com/2025/04/24/ec-heavy-fines-on-apple-and-meta-for-breach-of-digital-market-obligations</a>

Blake PattersonTrying out some games from the MacPack (Internet Archive) and look what I ran across, a Defender clone called MacLanding.I wonder if this guy did any more programming for the Mac?<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/macgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macgaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogames</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mach</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MacPlus</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CRT</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSX</a>

iFixitHappy 10th birthday, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> Watch!It's a cool device, but not very repairable. But Apple's original, analog watch from 1995? Now that's a timepiece you can actually fix. Plus, you don't have to worry about software updates! The longest an Apple Watch has ever received updates is the Series 4, which got nearly 6 years of support before being sunset last year. It's a shame that Apple's "most personal device ever" still relies on them to be useful. Even if you can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fix</a> it, you don't truly own it.

Mike Kuketz 🛡Die USA, wenn die EU milliardenschwere US-Konzerne für ihre Marktmanipulationen und Datenschutzverstöße zur Rechenschaft zieht: „Wirtschaftliche Erpressung!“ Wenn die USA selbst extraterritoriale Sanktionen verhängen: Freiheit, Demokratie, Rechtsstaat! Man kann sich die Doppelmoral nicht ausdenken.<a href="https://www.heise.de/news/US-Regierung-EU-Strafe-gegen-Apple-und-Meta-ist-wirtschaftliche-Erpressung-10361558.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/news/US-Regierung-EU-Strafe-gegen-Apple-und-Meta-ist-wirtschaftliche-Erpressung-10361558.html</a><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Doppelmoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doppelmoral</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Dr Keith Wilson 💭The White House calls regulation of digital markets a “novel form of economic extortion” that “will not be tolerated by the United States”. But its imposition of exorbitant and completely arbitrary tariffs upon foreign imports is totally fine. 👍 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/white-house-hits-back-at-eu-fine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/white-house-hits-back-at-eu-fine/</a>

Carlos Rodrigues 🪣Although the super glue speaker "repair" was good enough at the time, and even though I've effectively retired this macbook since then, a pair of third-party speakers from AliExpress was <10€ shipped and I couldn't resist giving it a go.Maybe the originals sounded a bit deeper — can't really compare them now — but the replacements sound quite nice on their own. I'm surprised. Now I have a bit more incentive to repurpose this laptop as a Linux machine.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repair</a>

The Japan TimesAmid uncertainties over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, should iPhone users in Japan buy one now? <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/iphone-japan-users-purchase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/iphone-japan-users-purchase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#companies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iphones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smartphones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#china</a>

Metin Seven 🎨A recognizable dilemma… 🫤𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙬𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚<a href="https://ankursethi.com/blog/the-tools-i-love-are-made-by-awful-people" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ankursethi.com/blog/the-tools-i-love-are-made-by-awful-people</a><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#article</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macOS</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tools</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a>

EDRiYesterday, the European Commission slammed tech giants <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> for breaching the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalMarketsAct</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMA</a> – but then stopped short of sticking the landing with the low penalties. What does it mean for our <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FundamentalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundamentalRights</a> and online experiences? 🤔 We unpack the mixed bag of takeaways in our full press release ⤵️ <a href="https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-commission-slams-apple-and-meta-for-breaching-the-digital-markets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-commission-slams-apple-and-meta-for-breaching-the-digital-markets/</a>

Jeroen van Tol 🍋Hallo <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> stop even met fascisten ondersteunen, anders was dit de laatste iPhone die ik kocht. <a href="https://www.bright.nl/nieuws/1294412/witte-huis-noemt-eu-boetes-voor-apple-en-meta-afpersing-en-dreigt-met-tegenzet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bright.nl/nieuws/1294412/witte-huis-noemt-eu-boetes-voor-apple-en-meta-afpersing-en-dreigt-met-tegenzet.html</a>

Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪A great addition to the collection.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sun</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sparc</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a>

Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰<a href="https://uddannelse.social/@jeppe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jeppe</a> Det minder mig om en snak, jeg havde med en bekendt for år tilbage, hvor vi talte om de skadelige effekter af at flyve og hun sagde: "Jo. men det er jo ikke forbudt at flyve", underforstået at det ville hun da blive med. Det er nok det samme her. Sålænge det ikke er ulovligt at bruge Apple og Meta, vil folk blive ved. <a href="https://fikaverse.club/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://fikaverse.club/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://fikaverse.club/tags/klimaSkam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#klimaSkam</a>

The Japan TimesApple and Meta Platforms have been hit by relatively modest European Union fines totaling €700 million ($798 million) for violating tough new antitrust rules for Big Tech. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/apple-meta-eu-law-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/apple-meta-eu-law-fine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#companies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a>

Jason Dyerthe ending to Zodiac Castle, where I outwit the parser (mostly) via an absolutely absurd observation about the exact character length of nounsalso, more tiny dragon antics and an endgame involving death by black magic<a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/23/zodiac-castle-most-magic-is-merely-illusion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/23/zodiac-castle-most-magic-is-merely-illusion/</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventuregame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textadventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactivefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/appleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#appleII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple2</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a>

Vanni Di Ponzano ⁂🚴 ❤️ ☕ 🍎Dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gruber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gruber</a> I have followed you and respected your views on many things technical. But in the case of the E.U. You are on the wrong side of History. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> is entering the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> phase. And Meta and Google have long been there. Stop defending apple against our liberties. I think the E.U. side is correct. They have history on their side. I am tried of hearing that Silicon Valley knows what is best, They KNOW SHIT ! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a>

Schwarwel„Verstöße gegen EU-Digitalrecht: 700 Millionen Euro Strafe gegen Apple und Meta“ <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/digitalrecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalrecht</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/schwarwel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schwarwel</a>

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Fascinating indeed to spend this morning discussing the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TCN</a> backdoor order from the 🇬🇧 government, with some of the UK’s top legal and technology experts (eg <a href="https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mikarv</a>), at <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/ucllaws" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ucllaws</a>

OSNewsEuropean Commission: Apple’s ‘Core Technology Fee’ and other hurdles are illegal under the DMAThe fines weren't the only Digital Markets Act news coming from this fine continent today. The European Commission also closed its investigation into Apple's user choice obligations under the DMA, and while Apple has made good progress in a few area<a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/142183/european-commission-apples-core-technology-fee-and-other-hurdles-are-illegal-under-the-dma/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.osnews.com/story/142183/european-commission-apples-core-technology-fee-and-other-hurdles-are-illegal-under-the-dma/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a>

Chris 🦑Public reminder: Since the beginning of the year there was a common agreement that when we speak about fees against big tech (like the current EU fees against Apple & Meta) we don't name total numbers in Euro or Dollars anymore. Instead you have to use the "hours of revenue" metric.So: 10,43 hours of revenue for Apple 14,61 hours of revenue for MetaFor those who like the good old percentages scale that's this amount of annual revenue: 0,17% for Meta 0,12% for Apple<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eu</a>

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