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bleh. So part of the price I pay for a Mac is now doled out to some charity of Apple's choosing. How about they just cut prices by the total amount of the match
by ja30278 15y ago
bleh. So part of the price I pay for a Mac is now doled out to some charity of Apple's choosing. How about they just cut prices by the total amount of the match, and let me figure out where I'd like to donate.
- aberkowitz 15y agoI fail to see a correlation between an internal Apple policy, and the price of their products.
- adamtmca 15y agoIt's actually one of Friedman's classic arguments, poorly articulated. http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/friedman-soc-resp-business.html http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/libertarians/issues/fr...
- notahacker 15y agoEven Friedman's argument observes that some "socially responsible" spending might actually be in the interests of a corporation's shareholders Tim Cook offering a tax-deductible (I assume) employee benefit that has the additional side effect of generating positive publicity probably falls into that bracket.
- bluedanieru 15y agoBecause you or someone like you would just end up not donating at all.