jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoApple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down112
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkApple couldn’t tell fake iPhones from real ones, lost $2.5M to scammersarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoProbably, so they can stop further abuses. This might only be 2.5 million that they know about…
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 hours agoFor reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves. If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD. I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
minus-squareayaya@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoIf you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoDepends on how much it cost to pursue.
minus-squareBocky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 hours agoIt all trickles down. Some paralegal will get stuck negotiating a deal
Is 2.5m even worth apples time?
Probably, so they can stop further abuses. This might only be 2.5 million that they know about…
For reference, Apple currently has roughly 70 billion USD as cash on hands. 2.5 million USD is 0.0035% of their cash reserves.
If you have a yearly salary of 50k USD, that would be equivalent to losing 1.78 USD.
I am bad at math, so feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
If you want to do less math you can just drop some zeroes and say it’s the same as making $70k while losing $2.50
Depends on how much it cost to pursue.
It all trickles down. Some paralegal will get stuck negotiating a deal