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That's a gross exaggeration of how much pull Apple has. I'm no fan of it or how much data these new devices will collect but saying "the school you attend, the

That's a gross exaggeration of how much pull Apple has. I'm no fan of it or how much data these new devices will collect but saying "the school you attend, the church where you worship" is some Twitter-comments level of hysteria. Yes, we should be worried about corporations owning too much and having too much power. No, Apple isn't going to buy up schools and churches.

jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
Apple easily can own all the computers in the public schools. The software on the computers in the schools. The textbooks in the schools. All these things are made by corporations. I see no reason why apple can't supplant pearson, though it's more likely that microsoft will be the one controlling public education in 40 years, not Apple. As for churches, obviously apple isn't going to go buy a christian church, just like they're not going to literally buy a school. But I can easily imagine Apple replacing church, facilitating it through Apple video-chat apps. That could happen today. In 50 years they could even have their own religion on par with scientology. Think long-term. Capitalism doesn't stop. If you really think Apple is going to stop, you're naive. No one stops until the government says 'no', and we've slowly been eroding the government's ability to say 'no' over the last 20 years, through case law, deregulation, defunding, abdication of legislative power to the alphabet agencies of the executive branch (which are mostly staffed by private contractors by the way). I'm not hysterical. I'm paying attention. The IRS ordered production of documents from microsoft 8 months ago, and to the best of my knowledge, microsoft has not complied. If the IRS can't audit microsoft for 30 BILLION DOLLARS, do you really think they can audit Apple, or Amazon, or any similar sized organization? This is the real deal. Our government is being destroyed to make way for monopoly expansion. This expansion is crushing the small businesses, 'little people' and free market innovation which HN claims to love so dearly. And profit-driven corporations are stepping in to replace our public welfare-driven institutions.

jacobwilliamroy 6y ago

Apple easily can own all the computers in the public schools. The software on the computers in the schools. The textbooks in the schools. All these things are made by corporations. I see no reason why apple can't supplant pearson, though it's more likely that microsoft will be the one controlling public education in 40 years, not Apple. As for churches, obviously apple isn't going to go buy a christian church, just like they're not going to literally buy a school. But I can easily imagine Apple replacing church, facilitating it through Apple video-chat apps. That could happen today. In 50 years they could even have their own religion on par with scientology. Think long-term. Capitalism doesn't stop. If you really think Apple is going to stop, you're naive. No one stops until the government says 'no', and we've slowly been eroding the government's ability to say 'no' over the last 20 years, through case law, deregulation, defunding, abdication of legislative power to the alphabet agencies of the executive branch (which are mostly staffed by private contractors by the way). I'm not hysterical. I'm paying attention. The IRS ordered production of documents from microsoft 8 months ago, and to the best of my knowledge, microsoft has not complied. If the IRS can't audit microsoft for 30 BILLION DOLLARS, do you really think they can audit Apple, or Amazon, or any similar sized organization? This is the real deal. Our government is being destroyed to make way for monopoly expansion. This expansion is crushing the small businesses, 'little people' and free market innovation which HN claims to love so dearly. And profit-driven corporations are stepping in to replace our public welfare-driven institutions.