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Reading the comments below, Apple is damned it they do and damned if they don’t.
by TheBillyMania 6y ago
Reading the comments below, Apple is damned it they do and damned if they don’t.
- damnyou 6y agoThat is the only correct state of affairs for corporations (and governments) as big and powerful as Apple. Constant criticism no matter what they do. It's the only way to hold them even remotely accountable.
- sebmellen 6y agoI don't know why you're getting downvoted for this. Power is kept in check by criticism and close observation. If Apple weren't held accountable at all, you can be sure they'd declare themselves a sovereign dictatorship w/ Mr. Cook at the supreme leader (/s of course, but...?).
- damnyou 6y agoIs it truly a surprise why I keep being downvoted for pointing out abuses of power by Hacker News's favorite megacorp?
- shmerl 6y agoThey are so nasty, that no one will trust they have good intentions. Whose fault is that I wonder.
- Apocryphon 6y agoThe stock price abides. They'll survive the damnation.
- harry8 6y agoOne should start from the premise that whatever apple are doing is wrong. They have implemented their strategy of it being cheaper to pay lobbyists, advertising, events and PR than it is to do the right thing. Eg they don't pay their tax but have a much bigger say in making and enforcement of law than any US tax-payer. Treating their actions with suspicion and hostility until shown without doubt to be benign is the only sensible response to a company that employs these policies. You're paying for the enforcement of their property rights because you pay a big whack of your income in tax, they don't, they mooch off you.