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Unfortunate how regular and even IT people don't care how evil and anti-consumer this company is. And still getting more popular somehow.

by k4rli 3y ago

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
"Hey, don't criticize my favorite trillion dollar corporation. I give them thousands of my dollars a year." - HN
freedomben 3y ago
As someone who actively avoids products from companies with practices I find distasteful or disgusting, even though I would benefit from and enjoy those products, this fact is one of the most frustrating for me. "Vote with your dollars" is a powerful and highly effective strategy for making companies do the right things, but it only works if people are willing to make choices with consideration for morality/ethics/etc rather than selfishness (I don't necessarily mean that derogatorily, I mostly just mean "what's better for them"). For many things (such as cheap Chinese goods made by people in a labor camp) I think the economic realities of people having limited money are powerful (and legitimate) enough that it may not be reasonable to expect them to care, but with Apple products that's not the case. These are luxury products that are expensive, and the people who buy them could absolutely afford to buy an alternative. They just don't want to because they like or love the products and are willing to turn a blind eye about the companies practices (or invent/adopt crazy post-decision rationalisms churned out (or at least approved) from Apple's marketing department.
b3lvedere 3y ago
What am i going to do about it? Viva la revolution? Every time i vote, some weirdo does stupid things i did not vote for. Every time i pay, some weirdos do stupid things with the money. Every time i complain, nobody really does anything. Every time i'm taught, i'm taught money is everything above anything else. People with loads of money do really stupid things. I on the other hand, can't afford to care.

Unfortunate how regular and even IT people don't care how evil and anti-consumer this company is. And still getting more popular somehow.

by k4rli 3y ago

Unfortunate how regular and even IT people don't care how evil and anti-consumer this company is. And still getting more popular somehow.

ChuckNorris89 3y ago

"Hey, don't criticize my favorite trillion dollar corporation. I give them thousands of my dollars a year." - HN

freedomben 3y ago

As someone who actively avoids products from companies with practices I find distasteful or disgusting, even though I would benefit from and enjoy those products, this fact is one of the most frustrating for me. "Vote with your dollars" is a powerful and highly effective strategy for making companies do the right things, but it only works if people are willing to make choices with consideration for morality/ethics/etc rather than selfishness (I don't necessarily mean that derogatorily, I mostly just mean "what's better for them"). For many things (such as cheap Chinese goods made by people in a labor camp) I think the economic realities of people having limited money are powerful (and legitimate) enough that it may not be reasonable to expect them to care, but with Apple products that's not the case. These are luxury products that are expensive, and the people who buy them could absolutely afford to buy an alternative. They just don't want to because they like or love the products and are willing to turn a blind eye about the companies practices (or invent/adopt crazy post-decision rationalisms churned out (or at least approved) from Apple's marketing department.

b3lvedere 3y ago

What am i going to do about it? Viva la revolution? Every time i vote, some weirdo does stupid things i did not vote for. Every time i pay, some weirdos do stupid things with the money. Every time i complain, nobody really does anything. Every time i'm taught, i'm taught money is everything above anything else. People with loads of money do really stupid things. I on the other hand, can't afford to care.