@atpfm Casey said “the EU can charge Apple something like 5% of global revenue”…. They can charge up to 20% of global revenue. They can also do a TikTok style forced divestiture (Apple couldn’t sell iPhones or operate an App Store in the EU).

Having said that - the EU is required to apply only a “subset” of the rules and penalties as necessary to achieve the goals of the DMA. They will do light touch enforcement, then dial up the pressure until the EU is happy with the state of the market.

@atpfm Apple just announced the thinnest iPad ever made and my iPad just cracked from being slightly bent in my bag. My last iPad died the same way. I’m not rough with them at all - my MacBook Air was in the same bag both times.

AskATP: Does anyone sell a rugged iPad case that adds rigidity? Silicone/etc is effectively zero protection. I’m thinking carbon fibre would be best but it has to be structural not cosmetic.