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It’s a shame too, because Apple has the money and brand wherewithal to fight the government. See the FBI vs Apple stuff that happened years ago. That actually w
by no_wizard 1y ago
It’s a shame too, because Apple has the money and brand wherewithal to fight the government. See the FBI vs Apple stuff that happened years ago. That actually won them some real converts.
Capitulating over this is Apple showing their supposed core values have significantly hollowed
- PokestarFan 1y agoIt was obvious Apple was going to bend the knee with that gold plaque.
- covercash 1y agoI wish Steve was still around for these battles. Tim Cook is such a pussy.
- ivape 1y agoSteve was never tested like this was he? Everyone’s about values until they are put into a fucked up situation like Tim Cook. The man had to literally deliver a Roman tribute to this president personally.
- mikepurvis 1y agoAnd that shouldn't have happened either. Apple doesn't need the US government, and Tim is himself a billionaire— he sure as hell doesn't personally need them either.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoHe could have refused. Few things would sway public opinion on tariffs like more expensive i devices.
- prokopton 1y agoI think Steve would’ve packed it in and retired if he was still around today.
- g-b-r 1y agoIt was Steve who decided to make the iphones like this.
- stingraycharles 1y agoIsn’t Apple mostly interested in making more money, though, instead of spending money? The way I see it of all the top tech giants, Apple has the most to lose with all the tariff shenanigans, so it’s in their [shareholders] interest to stay friends with the current administration. Apple has never had moral values other than earning money by making great products. And I say this as someone who is deeply embedded in the Apple ecosystem.
- valleyer 1y agoI am an Apple shareholder. My Apple shareholder interest is for Apple to preserve its reputation in the long term, including when Trump is long gone. Please stop repeating this "shareholders only care about short-term money" idea.
- xvector 1y agoI'm also a shareholder and I'd say I'm pretty happy with Apple not needlessly getting involved in fights. The most important thing is not getting tariffed. Their reputation will be fine, no one but the terminally online are going to stop buying an iPhone because of this. Pretty sure most of their shareholders feel similarly.
- valleyer 1y agoI agree that most people will not hear about this app being removed. (Though note that it's being reported here in "normal people" news, not tech news.) But it's far from the only way Cook has aligned himself with Trump in just the last few months. The dumb gold-glass plaque and the UK royal visit are two much more visible examples.
- xvector 1y agoDoing what he needs to avoid tariffs is fine in my book. It's practically his responsibility towards shareholders.
- spaceguillotine 1y agothe only time apple fights the government is when they want to keep illegally firing people and then the NLRB just goes, well sorry they just have too much money to stop them. They use bribe money for everything else.
- scarface_74 1y agoWhy would you expect Apple to fight the same administration that it has been prostrating itself for both this term and the last term? Apple hasn’t had any values aside from its bottom line since Cook took over.