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Apple is about money, nothing else. Look at their quarterly reports, they are not a byproduct of a higher ethics or anything
by jansan 4y ago
Apple is about money, nothing else. Look at their quarterly reports, they are not a byproduct of a higher ethics or anything
- slig 4y agoBut, hey, at least they removed the phone charger and there's no plastic inside their product's boxes.
- xpe 4y agoNothing else? The profit motive ("money") drives a _lot_, but does not explain everything. Different companies make different trade-offs; there are various ways to optimize profit for different audiences with different risk profiles. My point? Don't oversimplify. Few (any?) people here are claiming that ethics are the key driver. We know the PR and ads are a veneer. But there is no need to exaggerate. It is clear that in addition to making money, Apple wants to project a certain brand and ethos, not to mention a penchant for big moves. At times, they are willing to risk some profit in order to invest in, say, a new processor technology. WRT "explanation" / ie interpreting the why behind actions ... Not all large companies make those kind of investments or take these kind of risks. Saying "money" is the only driver fails to account for much of Apple's storied history. Not to mention prediction... Saying that the profit motive is the best or only way to explain Apple (and many other companies) defies multivariate statistics and won't serve well to predict the future.