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Apple's quarterly revenue is higher than Russia's annual defense expenditure. Let that sink in. Now imagine if Apple wanted to use 1/3 of its net income to cre
by GalenErso 3y ago
Apple's quarterly revenue is higher than Russia's annual defense expenditure. Let that sink in.
Now imagine if Apple wanted to use 1/3 of its net income to create a private military at the edge of technology.
- waboremo 3y agoOk but what if they use 1/3 of their net income to revive the iPod?
- WXLCKNO 3y agoBring back the Creative Zen Vision M you cowards! I loved that thing.
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- paxys 3y agoI imagine their shareholders wouldn't be very happy about it. And not sure what the "edge of technology" part means. Do you think Apple will somehow do a better job than DARPA, Northop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Blackwater/Academi etc. at killing people?
- GalenErso 3y agoApple could just squash the unhappy shareholders with its private army. Kill two birds with one stone. My plan is foolproof. Fear will keep the shareholders in line.
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- simonh 3y agoThe more they tighten their grip, the more equity investors will slip through their fingers.
- doctor_eval 3y agoTim Cook on Apple’s pivot to a private military company: "I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further."
- belter 3y agoThe fact that more than 95% of iPhones, AirPods, Macs and iPads are made in China will keep Apple in line...
- itsthejb 3y agoThe scope for a darkly comic Jony Ive product video voiceover parody on that though
- qbasic_forever 3y agoApple care subscribers will have the option to send killer drones after stolen items with iTags.
- justrealist 3y agoNone of those companies attempt to operate any autonomous military bodies, they are purely suppliers or contractors. They are ineffective in the sense that they are simply following orders yes.
- ozim 3y agoI would say not, but not because shareholders. More like they wold not be able to have the same talent pool available as now. Most of software devs wouldn’t like to work on military tech. Not saying there are no smart people at Lockheed or Raytheon but I would argue there is less smart people willing to work for this types of companies. Even if devs hate ads most would rather work on ad-tech than mil-tech.
- simplyluke 3y agoI suspect this has much more to do with compensation and security clearances than the aggregate morals of software engineers.
- ozim 3y agoI believe Apple already has background checks and all kinds of red tape on par with weapon manufacturers. For compensation I also believe that weapon manufacturers pay high salaries already as well. So I might be wrong but from my point of view as software dev - Apple is not producing actual weapons to be the only difference.
- qbasic_forever 3y agoLooking at the boondoggle of performance and reliability that is the F35, I'd be willing to let Apple take a crack at it.
- berkle4455 3y agoApple’s quarterly revenue is higher than literally every country’s annual military budget except US and China.
- makeitdouble 3y agoThey'd lose most of their customers and it would become one of the most studied downfall of a consumer company for the next few decades ? Money is just money, having a ton of it doesn't mean you can actually use it for what you want.
- belter 3y agoThe army would be used to make sure all USB-C factories are razed to the ground.
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- kristianbrigman 3y agoWere they underground before?
- belter 3y agoThanks. Corrected. Having my own Human Spell Checker made me feel like a bit posh...
- wunderland 3y agoBut approximately equal to the amount US sent Ukraine as “aid” in the 2022.
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- shalmanese 3y ago"And we think you're going to love it... or else!"
- rasz 3y agoFunny you say that, because thats exactly what Gazprom decided to do https://time.com/6254708/gazprom-private-military-wagner-group-russia/ https://time.com/6254708/gazprom-private-military-wagner-gro... Big companies in russia are preparing for collapse of government.