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"Oh shit, how do we dodge potential antitrust regulation?"

• hesdeadjim 6y ago
  Timing is a wee bit suspicious isn’t it.
  • boringg 6y ago
    It's a forever on-going negotiation.
• ulimn 6y ago
  Whatever the reason, I think this is a good thing.
• tck42 6y ago
  Right, and also - did they really "commit", at least in the "pledge" or "binding promise" sense of the word? I think "commit" might be too strong of a word. Maybe "plans to" would be better. They can announce this now and change their mind as they please, right? I'm not sure about Apple's track record on things like this, they may be good, but they could just slowly pull or decrease funding, and we probably won't even hear about it in the future, or am I missing something?
• ttul 6y ago
  “Let’s sprinkle a few billion dollars into each important senator’s state so they can’t shutter our operation.”
• failwhaleshark 6y ago
  "Spread money around. Get behind 'job-creation,' 'artisanal,' and 'locally-made.'"