By John Moltz
September 26, 2025 2:00 PM PT
This Week in Apple: To laugh, perchance to scream

Apple has HAD ENOUGH of government overreach, Tim Cook makes a new friend, and the App Store remains undefeated.
Practicing my tight five
Apple would like you to know that it is VERY UPSET with certain policies of the government. It’s so upset in fact that it has taken the time to publish a 1,700-word complaint about overreach by an oppressive regime bent more on domination than helping citizens, something Apple feels very deeply about and is now standing up for.
About time. Yes, finally—after various reprehensible and failed attempts at appeasement—Apple is telling the Trump administration that its policies are-
[puts finger to ear]
I’m sorry, I’m being told this is about the EU’s Digital Markets Act. How very embarrassing.
For someone, anyway.
Could be me, could be a multi-billion dollar company.
Sadly for Apple, much like running to the press never helps, neither apparently does publishing blog posts (tell me about it).…