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"And yet, Apple didn't pay any of the artists who performed or spoke that night—at least not in cash, Nzinga says. Instead, they were given Apple products." So
by jrnichols 8y ago
"And yet, Apple didn't pay any of the artists who performed or spoke that night—at least not in cash, Nzinga says. Instead, they were given Apple products."
So they were compensated in another way. Ah. This changes things substantially in my eyes, and makes the headline rather misleading.
Then they're trying to conflate diversity efforts with this issue. Doesn't quite work. Ask how many coffee shops pay performers. usually the answer is "not very many," and they have a tip jar sitting out front.
- musicale 8y agoIf Apple has figured out how to pay featured iPhone photographers, they can probably figure out how to pay other featured artists in cash as well. Though personally I'd probably take that Apple Watch Series 3 or an Apple TV 4th gen. ;-) I wonder if you have to pay tax on it (e.g. sales tax?) Still might be OK; then they could change the headline to "Apple charges artists to perform at its stores."