ExiledInIllinois

This can't become standard practice: "There's dusk and dawn, and then there's night and day," University of Michigan business law professor Will Thomas said. "The attorney general will probably push back by saying even if these were sophisticated actors, this behavior was so transparently fraudulent that it can't be standard practice."

Too bad... Boo hoo. How long has this case dragged on. They ruled on it before October he defrauded NYS... The recent ruling was just the penalty stage. He had years. Failing to plan is planning to fail. I am just a simple dick. I can access, or someone will bond me for 1/12 of my net worth. 125 dolla ain't much! LoL...

And that's why there's a judgement against him. Illegally making money on lies. Confidence game.

Ex-wife Amazon chick just wrote a check for $600 million to charity. Is she not a billionaire? Come on, he's worth $6 billion? TPegs bought the Bills for $1.5 billion with a check. Of course billionaires have a 1/2 billion in cash... OR they aren't billionaires if they don't, just millionaires. I mean... This is what he's accused of, right, inflating his wealth, lying about it and making money off the fraud he claims to be. Anyway, let's just say he's just a 6 billionaire... He can't come up with 1/12 his worth in cash. I can come up with 1/12 my worth in cash. 😆 CORRECTION: NOT accused of convicted of.

Then fork over the $455 million he defrauded? Why is he begging for money. The lawsuit must been adjudicated properly: And he is committing more fraud. $455 million is a drop in bucket with $6 billion: Why is he stressed for begging for cash. Use the $6 billion... Oh yeah... Paper kitty...

I am so sorry. Losing an Illinois connection...😟

He scammed, defrauded NYS out of $455 million... Why do YOU protect corrupt businesspeople AND politicians?

Who is tech savvy and who is not.

This is why I am team Android since day one. It has finally taken Apple 17 years to adapt this. 😆 https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-copy-android-more-customizable-home-screen-3427873/ Apples "work" because they break others or limit things, take control. Read my above link. It's taken Apple 17 years to adapt customization. They will release it and the iSheeple will eat it up as "new." 😆 Oh, British cars leak oil like a sieve. 😆 Toyota motors sludge. Frames rot. 😆

I don't think it's about picking a wrong horse. Nothing to do with apps. It's standardization of the way two phones communicate. Personally as an Android user, I don't mind... If you're in a group text with say iOS users and you're phone blows up... It's time to delete everything and get out of the conversation. Or... Say a family thread, they send you all kinds of shi... 😆🤣 Still... Phones need to basically work the same and it's Apple that purposely breaks the standardization so they sell more phones and keep people hooked for life. It's predatory, especially on teenagers... They are more likely to fall for the silly status of such things. Maybe in respect the way Apple communicate via text, media is better... They should get paid for it... But time should run out on the proprietary nature of such innovation and be open to standardization... We're going on 20 years of the smartphone. That standardization will drive new innovation. The almighty buck is a good driver of innovation. It's really the governments role to standardize the communication between the two gardens. Everything else can stay the same. We don't drive on whatever side of the road a state chooses and then piecemeal in crossovers at each state line/border. Sure most of the time those crossovers would work... But the chaos it creates during peak times would be insane.

But good news, research indicates other human activities much worse. Look at the numbers of feral & domestic cats! https://birdwatchingbuzz.com/do-windmills-kill-birds/

What was your take on Microsoft & IE years ago? It's an antitrust suit: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-03-21/apple-doj-lawsuit-consumers Android has more market share throughout the world... But in US, it's flipped. Like 70/30 and growing. The government has evert right to check monopolistic behavior... Especially when it's interstate communication. Standardization is good. Walled gardens bad.

Agree... But NOT to turn it political too. 🙄 Just saying... Detroit comes in first @ #34.

Which is good thing! Buffalo didn't make list!

😆... I liked it better than Pepsi! https://www.tastingtable.com/1377209/wegmans-says-goodbye-to-wpop-soda/

ALL I gotta say is... Hope The League is reading this! YOU OWE US! Not the same BS we've been dealt with for 64 years... The Refs, etc... If the Bills don't bring in a championship, trouble times ahead. I don't care how they do it, but they owe us... Look what they did to save the Cheatriots after Krafty built on his own dime. Get it done NFL! The championship pieces are in place. Bring us one. You got customers for life. Screw as usual, all bets off.

Isn't this everything in life? There really should be no status symbols or social stratification. If there are any of these symbols or hierarchy in one's life, then they are being disingenuous claiming what you're claiming. Evertning is basically a tool from where one lives, what they do, to what they use in life. I am just poking fun at both sides. People love their logos. Enjoy what you enjoy. Apple is causing the standardization problem. EU got them on board with their proprietary cables. US will get them onboard with how they talk to the world outside their walled garden. Apple is the one's causing the issues. Again... Should they be paid for their innovation? Most definitely, but only for a limited time. We were here before with Microsoft and IE. What were people's take on that 25 years ago?

CORRECTION: 66% know how to drive manual. Yet, only highlights my argument. 2.8% choose to. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/12/cadillac-says-66-percent-of-american-adults-know-how-to-drive-a-manual-transmission/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/research/surprising-study-reveals-younger-drivers-are-saving-manual-transmission-cars/ar-AA1ky1JA But... Only 20% still remember or can with immediate proficiency: "...How many people can still drive stick? Most estimates say that roughly 20% of Americans can still drive a stick shift car. Interestingly, the report shows that of CarMax customers who bought a manual car, the majority were younger males. In fact, manual buyers are four years younger on average than the overall average CarMax customer. This means that younger people are doing the heavy lifting to save manual transmission cars. ..."

I think you're being disingenuous as @Augie is. "I don't care about stuff, buy I care about stuff" argument. Granted... If you just made the argument that sticking with Apple is just plain easier, you'd get no complaint out of me that their devices are easier to run. Like a standard shift vehicle vs. an automatic transmission. A lotta people can run both, like 18% of the population... But you'd never catch 13% of that 18% running the harder machine again out of choice... Why I can respect @Gugny's point... BUT he was manipulated into that point. They got his money for life and innovation will now go down. ONLY Apple can make both machines run smoother... They possess the easier technology to do so. It's solely up to them, yet they won't. It's all about getting everyone onto the same architecture. To Apple, we should all be driving around with Apple automatic transmissions where they get a cut of everyone's money. Maybe they should, but only for a certain amount of time.

But... If you're following, it's not the Android that's doing that... It's the Apple that's causing the problem. It's the walled garden of the Apple. You're basically blaming the victim. Apple wants it this way so people buy more iPhones. Apple has you a life customer because of what they are doing. Yeah. Half agree. But... This is like making Jeep owners use Jeep gasoline, Jeep oil.

Oh... Got you earlier in ShoutBox. Hope you enjoyed your day! HFBD! Saw this on the internet years ago, couldn't find it again, so I recreated it special... 😆🤣

Yup! Like the article said, even Apple people (iSheeple) have to wince at what Apple is trying to pull. Go back 25 years and they were singing a different tune. The bullied has now turned into the corporate bully... And the same people who raged against it now love it. Shameless.