Imagine prostrating yourself to in this very public and embarrassing way. Sheesh.

  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comEnglish
    79·
    16 days ago

    Gay man gives gift to anti-lgbtq president.

    Just proves that you can be gay and still be an absolute parasite billionaire. Fuck your pride apple watch bands.

  • MuskyMelon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    383·
    15 days ago

    Tim Cook, and Apple, is supporting a pedophile. Remember that when you walk into an Apple Store, if you can afford to.

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      15 days ago

      “Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Google donated $1 million to the inauguration fund”

      So is Google and every major company

      • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
        01·
        15 days ago

        You’re right it’s both now can we fuck off with the “buh buh buh the other company!” bullshit?

        Article is about Apple not Google.

        • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          02·
          15 days ago

          On nerdy sites like Lemmy people tend to fawn over Google and they can do no wrong

          And every slight Apple does is The Worst Ever

          If Google does the same thing, out come the excuses. 😀

          • octopus_ink@slrpnk.netEnglish
            2·
            15 days ago

            On nerdy sites like Lemmy people tend to fawn over Google and they can do no wrong

            [Citation Needed]

          • Anti_Iridium@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            I buy pixel phones, because out of the sea of bullshit, it’s at least capable of being rooted/flash to a new os. The PinePhone sadly isn’t ready.

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            0·
            15 days ago

            On nerdy sites like Lemmy people tend to fawn over Google and they can do no wrong

            Uhhhh… What. My experience has been the literal opposite. People here hate Google

          • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
            23·
            15 days ago

            I don’t use apple for the same reason I don’t use fisher price as an adult. You are free to use your technology made for babies that’s beside the point. The point is that the article in discussion is about Tim Cook and Apple providing a recent bribe to Trump.

            Your comment is providing no value. You are attempting whataboutism and really shows the type of person you are more than anything.

            To be clear, if googl was caught bribing and someone said “buh buh buh Apple!” Id be saying the same thing. Stop sucking dick like they owe you something to take a side.

            When Google bribes Trump with a 24k gold gift let’s discuss Google then ok?

    • atticus88th@lemmy.worldEnglish
      612·
      15 days ago

      I bet most of the people here replying in the comments are typing on what helped pay for that gold plated ass kissing device.

      • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
        152·
        15 days ago

        Is this a “you criticize society yet you participate in it” thing?

      • Rachel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        Ya but I am pretty sure Google has done a lot to help Trump. Any big tech company wants to be on the good side of Trump.

      • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        22·
        15 days ago

        I’m typing this on a Lenovo laptop keyboard (V14 series, the plastic casing is just a catastrophe near the lid hinges, though I’ve seen the same with the magnesium casing, it has plastic parts inside).

        I’ve also pirated some Apple TV attempt at Foundation episodes, but honestly felt like The Arc. Sci-Fi with some right initial ideas, but ultimately thoroughly idiotic.

        In case of Apple TV’s Foundation, I couldn’t help thinking that they were trying to make it “look expensive” and “feel elitarian” similarly to their products, first priority, make it feel “diverse” and in social interactions representing a certain prestigious set of political ideas, second priority, make it feel nuanced and intelligent more than be nuanced and intelligent, third priority.

        Honestly even with 90s Apple stuff virtualized I feel something bad, like nausea, I wouldn’t be able to use it probably. Too much visual design flexing.

  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.mlEnglish
    283·
    15 days ago

    I guess I’m the only one who sees this as “here little Donald, now play with this and let me do my job”.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      61·
      15 days ago

      OK let me play devil’s advocate for a moment: it’s the only language he speaks. You must stroke his ego, and give him an opportunity to look down on you.

      Of course it’s still corporate cronyism.

      • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        15 days ago

        Yeah the real story here should be hey everyone, look how transparently easy it is to manipulate the President of the United States

    • Kyden Fumofly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      14 days ago

      It is a gift. The same gift that the Noble gave to their King, so they would not get replaced or lose power. It is a Hail to the King move.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    191·
    15 days ago

    Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don’t want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here’s Tim.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      14 days ago

      it’s fascism, all CEOs bend down.

      no person with principles against fascism would never become a CEO, basic human decency is bad for the investors

      • turtlesareneat@discuss.onlineEnglish
        4·
        14 days ago

        There was once a time when a small company built out of passion could elevate a normal guy into CEO, so as recently as 30-40 years ago you could still have some decency at the top. As the barriers to entry have shot upward, today to become a C-level you get an MBA and carefully scrape out your soul as part of your “leadership” education which has nothing to do with the widgets your company will produce, and everything to do with fellating the shareholders.

        It’s sad because I grew up in an era when a guy could still get ahead by being sharp and having good ideas, but now it’s only by Playing The Game. So those of us with morals are stuck with low earning potential because of it.

  • plm00@lemmy.mlEnglish
    141·
    15 days ago

    This is my own conjecture, but I’m willing to bet that playing nicely with Pres. Trump somehow saves Apple billions more in lost revenue to tariffs and legislation because Trump rewards those who are on his good side. I’m also willing to bet Tim / Apple is pressured to do this and has a very different attitude behind closed doors. Not that this excuses anybody for their actions, but it’s clear they’re trying to game the system the best they can in the name of “business”.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        15 days ago

        Almost like it’s a completely bullshit excuse, like “just following orders”.

        Crime isn’t suddenly okay because it’s profitable, no matter how much capitalism wants you to believe it.

      • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        It’s like nuclear weapons

        Unless everyone gets rid of them nobody will

        Being the only one not to “bend the knee” will just hurt you if everyone else kisses his ass

            • dizzy@lemmy.mlEnglish
              0·
              15 days ago

              All 3 of those are smaller than Apple. The only 2 companies with bigger market caps than Apple are Nvidia and Microsoft.

                • dizzy@lemmy.mlEnglish
                  1·
                  14 days ago

                  That’s not how companies are measured against each other though. How are you even quantifying the cultural impact? You could have said many companies are bigger than Apple because they have a bigger physical footprint, bigger customer base, larger number of staff, bigger area of operation, larger mass of product or many other things but the fact is when we compare the “size” of companies, we are referring to their market cap.

    • forrgott@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      7·
      15 days ago

      I don’t know, I mean if any corporation can eat the loss, it’s apple with their insanely high margins.

      I’m more inclined to believe there’s some form of quid pro quo going on behind the scenes.

      Besides, I simply cannot picture Tim Apple as any kind of a hero in this picture. No way he got bullied. He’s getting something out of it. You scratch my back. I’ll scratch yours.

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      You’re probably right.

      That doesn’t change my opinion, though, that everyone at Apple can go suck-start their own asshole, and they’ll never receive another cent of my money for as long as I live.

      I already wasn’t buying their shit but this has signed and sealed that for the rest of eternity.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    12·
    15 days ago

    So now that apple bent the knee can people finally stop buying apple shit?