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good for him for finding a market inefficiency and exploiting it. I dont know why people's moral compunction kicks in for profiting off a trillion dollar compan

good for him for finding a market inefficiency and exploiting it. I dont know why people's moral compunction kicks in for profiting off a trillion dollar company. He used their system for his advantage, just like apple uses the UK's "double irish" system to their advantage. It's just business. You're not depriving anyone of property.

cornellwright 8y ago
It's not "exploiting a market inefficiency" anymore than someone breaking into your house is just exploiting a lock inefficiency. It's plain old fraud.
- JudgeWapner 8y ago
  Then all business is fraud.
_cerv 8y ago
Pretty sure this puts a strain on the relationship between Costco and Apple on some level. It’s also just a dick thing to do.
Carpetsmoker 8y ago
So pickpocketing is just finding a "wardrobe inefficiency"? Burglary is finding a "lock inefficiency"?
- JudgeWapner 8y ago
  Corporations don't have pockets, and burglary is theft. If AAPL had a policy that allowed you in their premises and legally allowed you to remove items, then that's a market inefficiency.
yungstevejobs 8y ago
Except one of those is legal and the other is not. I guess it’s okay to steal from someone after they have x amount of money right?
- JudgeWapner 8y ago
  it's ok to steal from them after they've stolen X billion from USGOV and consumers. Absolutley. and AAPL essentially writes its own laws. Let consumers draft legislation with the same access and bribes/lobbying as AAPL and see how long this stays illegal.
  - yungstevejobs 8y ago
    They didn’t steal anything. Sorry our tax laws are shit and they used them to their benefit. Do you personally pay more taxes than you should? I doubt it. For clarification I don’t like the practice of off shoring your money. Apple isn’t the only corporation that does this though. You’re misplacing your blame when it really should be at the US government. We can work to get rid of money in politics but for now that is unfortunately where our country is headed. For the corporations.
    - JudgeWapner 8y ago
      it's theft, regardless of how they legally-engineered their way around it. quit defending them

cornellwright 8y ago

It's not "exploiting a market inefficiency" anymore than someone breaking into your house is just exploiting a lock inefficiency. It's plain old fraud.

JudgeWapner 8y ago
Then all business is fraud.

_cerv 8y ago

Pretty sure this puts a strain on the relationship between Costco and Apple on some level. It’s also just a dick thing to do.

Carpetsmoker 8y ago

So pickpocketing is just finding a "wardrobe inefficiency"? Burglary is finding a "lock inefficiency"?

JudgeWapner 8y ago
Corporations don't have pockets, and burglary is theft. If AAPL had a policy that allowed you in their premises and legally allowed you to remove items, then that's a market inefficiency.

yungstevejobs 8y ago

Except one of those is legal and the other is not. I guess it’s okay to steal from someone after they have x amount of money right?

JudgeWapner 8y ago
it's ok to steal from them after they've stolen X billion from USGOV and consumers. Absolutley. and AAPL essentially writes its own laws. Let consumers draft legislation with the same access and bribes/lobbying as AAPL and see how long this stays illegal.
- yungstevejobs 8y ago
  They didn’t steal anything. Sorry our tax laws are shit and they used them to their benefit. Do you personally pay more taxes than you should? I doubt it. For clarification I don’t like the practice of off shoring your money. Apple isn’t the only corporation that does this though. You’re misplacing your blame when it really should be at the US government. We can work to get rid of money in politics but for now that is unfortunately where our country is headed. For the corporations.
  - JudgeWapner 8y ago
    it's theft, regardless of how they legally-engineered their way around it. quit defending them