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2026-07-27 10:56 UTC
Trump's tech companies got the memo. When the EU ordered Apple to follow the law, Apple told the EU to fuck off:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/06/spoil-the-bunch/#dma
After all, Apple is a key partner in the Trump administration's mass deportations. Apple blocked an iPhone app that warns Apple customers if they're about to be kidnapped or murdered by ICE. Trump *needs* Apple, just as much as Apple needs Trump:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/rogue-capitalism/#orphaned-syrian-refugees-need-not-apply
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-27 10:56
Despite this, the EU keeps trying to enforce its laws against Trump's companies. Last week, the Commission announced a $1b fine against Google for violating the Digital Services Act with conduct that cost Europeans many billions: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-fines-google-eur890-million-breaches-digital-markets-act-2026-07-23_en In other words, Google wasn't even being ordered to disgorge *all* the money it stole, just some of it. Remember, a fine is a price: the EU's fine here will only make this kind of cheating slightly less profitable. 11/