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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:56:32 -0700
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On 2024-03-28 07:38, Indira wrote:
> Alan Browne wrote:
> 
>>> No, you don't understand it. Just because the government refuses to
>>> enforce the law as written does not mean it can't, and it certainly
>>> doesn't change the law's meaning. I'm not saying Cook is guilty of
>>> conspiracy, but if the government found evidence of such by Apple
>>> under his direction, he could face criminal penalties as an individual.
>>
>> I understood it all too well.  Your weak attempt to paint Cook and 
>> Apple as criminals has fallen apart and now you're in withering 
>> retreat mode.
> 
> Apple did settle the fraud case against Tim Cook's statements recently.
> 
> A settlement, despite what you think, is a loss because nobody settles who
> can win the case, and certainly not for half a billion dollars per case.

Would I settle a case for that much? Certainly not.

But it's all about proportionality, isn't it?