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I kind of want to flag this because it reads like dumb rage bait, but I'll comment instead. > While Apple certainly made boatloads of money during Cook's tenur
by hn_throwaway_99 2mo ago
I kind of want to flag this because it reads like dumb rage bait, but I'll comment instead.
> While Apple certainly made boatloads of money during Cook's tenure, the company also steadily morphed into something unthinkable to company founders Jobs and Steve Wozniak: it became not just increasingly unethical...
If you think Tim Cook is/was less ethical than Steve Jobs of all people, my only rational conclusion is that you don't know Jobs' history or you're an idiot.
- leonidasrup 2mo ago"Colligan attached an email he sent to Jobs in Aug. 2007, in which he told the late Apple exec that his idea was "likely illegal."" https://www.pcmag.com/news/steve-jobs-threatened-palm-with-patent-suit-over-employee-poaching https://www.pcmag.com/news/steve-jobs-threatened-palm-with-p... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L... https://conversableeconomist.com/2025/10/31/the-silicon-valley-no-poach-conspiracy-recap-and-reminder/ https://conversableeconomist.com/2025/10/31/the-silicon-vall...
- mikestew 2mo agoIt's pretty unhinged, I made it about three paragraphs before closing the tab. But sometimes even ragebait can be useful for the discussion in the comments, I suppose.