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Comments here summarized in one sentence: Google/Microsoft/Facebook are a bunch of horrible companies, ergo, Apple is good.

• DavideNL 7y ago
  I would summarise it as: Google/Microsoft/Facebook are a bunch of horrible companies, Apple is least bad.
  • panpanna 7y ago
    It starts like that and the further down the threads you go the more it moves toward praising apple for this and that No problem with that, but why does every single post criticizing apple for something end up this way??
  • danShumway 7y ago
    Which is still broadly missing the point. What the tweet says: "None of these major companies are your friend. Some are better than others, but none of them, when push comes to shove, care about you." How HN is responding: "But Apple's still technically the best amoral company, right? I mean, if we're gonna rank them. Let's rank them." I agree that people need to be pragmatic about the companies they interact with. Realistically, very few people are going to cut the entirety of FAANG out of their lives, so ranking has some value. But don't let ranking companies get in the way of recognizing that when push comes to shove, even the least bad companies will still throw you under a bus for a buck. That's all the tweet was saying -- recognize that Apple is also an amoral company. Be pragmatic, not loyal. The people on here setting up company tiers are missing that point.