Apple files appeal against Italy's anti-trust regulatory body

6. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 Jul 2012, 20:35 3 10

Your trolling is predictable

9. sprockkets posted on 03 Jul 2012, 20:44 4 1

look at the picture, year 2 is covered by their protection plan. Why not just say it is covered without it?

30. zhypher_23 posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:01 1 1

Hey, you know what they say "reap what you sow"

11. networkdood posted on 03 Jul 2012, 20:46 6 0

exactly, very misleading...shhhh, do not tell taco the truth, though....it may cry.

15. networkdood posted on 03 Jul 2012, 21:23 1 1

And, it is sad that American users get only 90 day over the phone support, while all other manufacturers (or majority of) give us 1 full year support.

36. taco50 (banned) posted on 04 Jul 2012, 01:41 1 3

Blackberry also charges for support. Microsoft also charges. Android doesn't even offer phone support.

38. PhoneArenaUser posted on 04 Jul 2012, 06:33 0 0

After comment #7 and #8, taco turned into defense mode...

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21. networkdood posted on 03 Jul 2012, 21:35 0 0

Hey, is your user name in regards to playing Halo?

19. networkdood posted on 03 Jul 2012, 21:31 2 1

So, you are ok with APPLE misleading the Italian people?
Do you know how to read Italian? I do, and that ad is misleading.

27. gallitoking posted on 03 Jul 2012, 23:29 1 4

here in the States they do it all the time.. everything is made from "premium" materials..why are they any special... read the fine print Italians..

28. VZWuser76 posted on 03 Jul 2012, 23:58 1 1

Wow. Are you seriously insinuating that Italy needs to be afraid of Apple? You're actually believing that a country needs to be afraid of a company? Think about that for a second.

Okay, so what is Apple going to do to Italy, place a ban on Italians coming to the US, and deporting the ones that are here? Come on, seriously, Italy is a sovereign nation. It's their sandbox, and if they don't want you operating there, you won't. Especially if their law say that your business practices are unlawful and are to the detriment of their citizens.

I can handle the fanboy back and forth to an extent, but to say that a company is more powerful than a sovereign nation? Just, really, think before you post.

31. gallitoking posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:19 1 5

1st of all is not Italy the country doing this.. ok.. it goes to whomever is trying to be funny... because we all know this exist everywhere.. misleading consumers,... is normal so dont see the big deal..

32. VZWuser76 posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:50 1 1

So because some companies break the law it's okay then? Murder, theft and rape happen everywhere as well, so by your logic we should let that slide also.

As far as me being "funny", you used the same words that were used to describe the US in the aftermath of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor. Do you honestly think that these two things equate? As an American who had two family members in the armed forces during WWII, I can assure you they do not.

In the end, it doesn't matter what happens here in the US, in China, Russia, or anywhere else. What does matter is what's happening in Italy. Apple had already made changes in their marketing. That shows what they were doing was wrong IN ITALY. Perhaps Italy takes this more seriously than we do here, but that doesn't mean that they must comply with American law.

Lastly, it is the Italian trust regulating body. A regulating body is part of the government. And they are charging Apple with not complying with EU regulations. You were quick to point out how if Posner ruled against android that all the android fans would then be against him. Well the EU have gone after android OEMs in the past, and you were fine with that. But when Apple's on the wrong side of them, they're in the wrong? Hypocrite much?

Like I said in my last post, if Apple is not complying with Italian law, they are well within their rights to fine Apple or ban them if they don't comply. Apple doesn't have the right to sell anywhere, they have the privilege.

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34. VZWuser76 posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:58 1 1

And it's not just misleading the consumer. They are billing for something that the consumer already has available to them when they purchase the product. Call it double billing or theft, but in essence they are overcharging their customers.

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35. VZWuser76 posted on 04 Jul 2012, 01:07 1 1

Just one other thing. If I recall correctly, wasn't one of Apple's suits against Samsung mostly about how similar the Galaxy S was to the iPhone, that it would confuse consumers?

You said that the Italians need to read the fine print in this matter. Well if the consumer can't read SAMSUNG on the box, isn't it their own fault if they got the wrong product? you can't have it both ways. Who knows, maybe Apple was banking on the people not reading the fine print would be the same people not being able to tell a Samsung from an Apple.

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29. gallitoking posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:01 1 3

and then after 6 months when Android shows age and starts lagging?..buy another Android?.. great solution

39. networkdood posted on 05 Jul 2012, 08:53 0 0

huh, had it 8 months - no lag - now what? I mean what can you say now? Pretty much nothing.

23. networkdood posted on 03 Jul 2012, 22:03 1 0

Well, I suppose it could happen, but APPLE's ad in this case needs to be fixed.

24. sprockkets posted on 03 Jul 2012, 22:12 2 0

Yes. They told them "You are reading it wrong."

25. parkwaydr posted on 03 Jul 2012, 22:31 1 0

it's official apple really has no boundaries, suing over bs patents is one thing, but to accuse a government of misinterpreting their own laws is asinine.

33. VZWuser76 posted on 04 Jul 2012, 00:55 0 1

Well they must be hurting for cash.

BTW, that was sarcasm for some of the people on here.