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Or maybe Apple just does a lot of things that are negative for everyone but Apple, and all of the profit they steal from other people they keep in cash and don'

Or maybe Apple just does a lot of things that are negative for everyone but Apple, and all of the profit they steal from other people they keep in cash and don't even reinvest, leading to the largest misappropriation of resources in human history.

happyscrappy 11y ago
It must be painful to see a company you hate so much loved by so many users who just can't wait to get their hands on the next product. Better to pretend they are all tricked by marketing. You probably think the world would be freer if the government banned people from buying Apple products.
- forthefuture 11y ago
  I don't need to hate Apple to acknowledge that they have too much money not being put towards anything. You're appealing to emotion and not reason. If Apple invested in energy, or medicine, or biotech, we would have advancements in those industries much faster, which would be a positive for the progress of humanity.
  - happyscrappy 11y ago
    So who shall be the arbiter of what a company spends and where?
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  - gress 11y ago
    Apple as a technology company does invest directly in renewable energy, and also medical research. Separately, Apple's money isn't a stack of bills. It is a set of investments managed by Braeburn Capital, which is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, and does invest in all of these industries. You are simply wrong.
- vijayr 11y ago
  That is not a valid argument. The happy apple fans are consumers, they are not the ones losing their livelihood here, they are just buying a better quality product. I guess meesterdude is not talking about them, he is talking about those people whose livelihood is being affected. It is also true that Apple is sitting on huge amounts of cash, most of it in tax havens, so forthefuture is right too. You can love Apple products while still hate their heavy handed business style.
  - happyscrappy 11y ago
    > It is also true that Apple is sitting on huge amounts of cash While it may be appealing to you to hamstring Apple with some foolish law, that law would have to apply to all companies.
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  - gress 11y ago
    Yeah because apple has never created new business opportunities for anyone else - all they do is cause people to lose their livelyhoods. /s

happyscrappy 11y ago

It must be painful to see a company you hate so much loved by so many users who just can't wait to get their hands on the next product. Better to pretend they are all tricked by marketing. You probably think the world would be freer if the government banned people from buying Apple products.

forthefuture 11y ago
I don't need to hate Apple to acknowledge that they have too much money not being put towards anything. You're appealing to emotion and not reason. If Apple invested in energy, or medicine, or biotech, we would have advancements in those industries much faster, which would be a positive for the progress of humanity.
- happyscrappy 11y ago
  So who shall be the arbiter of what a company spends and where?
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- gress 11y ago
  Apple as a technology company does invest directly in renewable energy, and also medical research. Separately, Apple's money isn't a stack of bills. It is a set of investments managed by Braeburn Capital, which is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, and does invest in all of these industries. You are simply wrong.
vijayr 11y ago
That is not a valid argument. The happy apple fans are consumers, they are not the ones losing their livelihood here, they are just buying a better quality product. I guess meesterdude is not talking about them, he is talking about those people whose livelihood is being affected. It is also true that Apple is sitting on huge amounts of cash, most of it in tax havens, so forthefuture is right too. You can love Apple products while still hate their heavy handed business style.
- happyscrappy 11y ago
  > It is also true that Apple is sitting on huge amounts of cash While it may be appealing to you to hamstring Apple with some foolish law, that law would have to apply to all companies.
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- gress 11y ago
  Yeah because apple has never created new business opportunities for anyone else - all they do is cause people to lose their livelyhoods. /s