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> Apple stockholders would never allow that. Then they can vote in a board of directors that agrees with them, and have that board fire Tim Cook. I would haza

> Apple stockholders would never allow that. Then they can vote in a board of directors that agrees with them, and have that board fire Tim Cook. I would hazard to guess that you'll see an exodus of a lot of folks leaving Apple either because (a) they won't follow that order, or (b) in solidarity with those that are fired. Reminder that privacy is feature that Apple touts (how much you believe them is up to you): > On January 28, 2021, Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered remarks at Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference: Enforcing Rights in a Changing World. The virtual conference — hosted annually in Brussels, Belgium — is one of the foremost international privacy and technology conferences bringing together leaders from academia, government, civil society and the private sector. Learn more about the features and controls Apple provides users to safeguard their privacy at http://www.apple.com/privacy http://www.apple.com/privacy * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaLxTz1Yw7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaLxTz1Yw7M * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjDpPnxcP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjDpPnxcP0 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YOi0r3vptQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YOi0r3vptQ

izacus 2y ago
I don't know where your ideas are coming from - Apple easily folded and gave all data to Chinese government when commanded to do so under leadership of Tim Cook. Where does your thinking that they'll suddenly forget about revenue from UK over this come from?
- throw0101c 2y ago
  > Where does your thinking that they'll suddenly forget about revenue from UK over this come from? * https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+china+revenues https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+china+revenues * https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+uk+revenues https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+uk+revenues
- mitthrowaway2 2y ago
  Probably the belief that the CCP would survive Apple withdrawing from China, but the UK government would not survive Apple withdrawing from the UK.
anticensor 2y ago
Shutdown by voluntary liquidation requires shareholder approval, cannot be done by the board alone.

izacus 2y ago

I don't know where your ideas are coming from - Apple easily folded and gave all data to Chinese government when commanded to do so under leadership of Tim Cook. Where does your thinking that they'll suddenly forget about revenue from UK over this come from?

throw0101c 2y ago
> Where does your thinking that they'll suddenly forget about revenue from UK over this come from? * https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+china+revenues https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+china+revenues * https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+uk+revenues https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+uk+revenues
mitthrowaway2 2y ago
Probably the belief that the CCP would survive Apple withdrawing from China, but the UK government would not survive Apple withdrawing from the UK.

anticensor 2y ago

Shutdown by voluntary liquidation requires shareholder approval, cannot be done by the board alone.