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Nah, they really can't. Apple's margins depend on Chinese labor to build their hardware. The two companies are very different.
by joecool1029 9y ago
Nah, they really can't. Apple's margins depend on Chinese labor to build their hardware.
The two companies are very different.
- choko 9y agoMarket size and profit aren't an acceptable excuse for hypocrisy.
- chii 9y agoi think you'll find that in the real world, those are almost always used as excuses, and the money makes it acceptable.
- idlewords 9y agoThat's an Apple business decision.
- 19890903 9y ago100% agree. Their business, their rules.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoAnd our prerogative to judge them when they behave unethically.
- xienze 9y agoThey could stop operating in Saudi Arabia to show their support for gay rights. But again, there's money to be made. Much easier to just slam Trump or whoever.
- veridies 9y agoSaudi Arabia isn't demanding they cripple their products, so selling their products in Saudi Arabia isn't ethically fraught. And Apple isn't spending their time slamming Trump. They're a tech company, not a politician.
- TheRealDunkirk 9y agoThese days, ANYONE with a platform, of ANY kind -- cable TV show, massive Twitter following, corporate officer of a Fortune 500, et. al., is a politician.
- mattnewton 9y agoSome people just want a normal buyer-seller relationship without picking sides.
- monocasa 9y agoWas that ever an option? It's called 'voting with your wallet'.
- mwfunk 9y agoThat's what cable TV wants you to think, sure. But even if that's true, all of those people and organizations you mentioned should be resisting getting sucked into political vortices whenever it is remotely possible to do so. It's a sad commentary on the state of the world today, not something to be embraced.