Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund
Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation...
This legal bribery is disgusting
This is also why I am gradually untying myself from the Apple ecosystem, and all of propriety/big tech; especially US based.
When push comes to shove capitalism will not resist fascism. They will ignore all stated virtue signals and choose profits.
The alternative is Google which is way worse if you ask me. At least Apple doesnβt touch your data, Google will absolutely record every bit of activity on your phone and use it with extreme prejudice to feed you ads and sell you shit you donβt need.
No. It's a tip. Thanks to the supreme court, it's not illegal if it's a tip!
You can't give someone a million dollars to bulldoze that orphanage. That's a bribe.
But it's totally legal to give them a million dollars after bulldozing the orphanage, as a tip!
Youβre mistaking paying βprotection feesβ for bribery.
Trump is 100% gonna shake down and threaten those who donβt pay him off. Legalized extortion that dumbass Americans elected.
I love that this community calls out Appleβs BS.
I mean, all the Apple communities are shitting on this. Go look at the comment threads on the article and other Mac enthusiast blogs.
Well, not the ultimate Apple circlejerk, r/apple.
One thing that I do like about Lemmy is even the Apple community is somewhat critical. While this particular case seems to be more of an exception, you'll get massively downvotes if you critique the standard PR narrative that "Apple cares about digital privacy" or point out how Apple removed content critical of China and AI tech from their streaming service.
The reddit apple sub claims it isn't affiliated with apple corp. cough
Most apple forems are full of βline must go upβ APPL share holders, and will down vote/dislike anything negative aimed at apple.
Itβs a personal donation from Tim Cook
Tim Cook is Apple's CEO and is very transparently doing this with the goal of getting favorable treatment toward Apple by the Trump administration. You'd have to be deluded to think this "personal donation" isn't a bribe on behalf of Apple.
What a fucking coward. Say what you will about Steve Jobs, but he would likely never had done this. So much for think different.
Lost all respect for Tim.
The Tim Apple doesnβt fall far from the golden goose.
Rich people fight for rich people. Remember this when you make decisions about giving corporations money.
Especially looking at you, Apple people.
@circuitfarmer @cantankerouscashew @appleenthusiast or Walmart or Amazon orβ¦ itβs inescapable
Oh cool Iβll just get my phone and mobile OS from this upstart named βgoggleβ or something?
Apple makes great products. I will continue to buy them. Shrug.
Can left leaning or liberal minded Apple users please switch to Linux now? There really is no excuse. Fuck Apple.
I will make it easy for you.
Get yourself a Framework Laptop: https://frame.work/
And a Fairphone: https://www.fairphone.com/
I fully agree on the Framework laptop, but Fairphones are insecure and suck. Get yourself a (preferably used) Google Pixel instead and load GrapheneOS on to it, it's very easy and maybe takes 10 minutes.
unfortunately as someone who fixes phones day in and day out I cannot own a pixel. absolutely horrendous build quality. there's a gap behind the screen which is held on solely by shitty adhesive on a thin bezel, and the amount of devices I've seen totaled by a drop on a corner destroying that bezel so a new screen can't be installed is insane.
Why do you think Fairphone (5) is insecure?
My experience is not that they suck. But yeah, they sure don't have the same spec as a premium iPhone or a Pixel. But they have a modular design, just like the Framework Laptop. I don't know any other modern phone that does. And they use a SoC that is guaranteed to receive support for a long time.
And a Fairphone
Cries in American π₯Ί
Well, just sell that crap. There is no excuse.
Thanks Tim Apple
Pathetic
Got to pay your protection fees to the Don.
In bed with the fascist in chief
What's with the 1m value and why are all tech companies doing it?
Likely tacit acknowledgment that the US is becoming more authoritarian/run by a mob boss. For example, if you donβt pay the local mafia, you can expect them to show up and do bad things to you. However if you pay a bribe and kiss the ring, you may receive protection instead
Bending the knee in the hope that he escapes the purges. Pathetic.
His name is actuality Tim Apple, l common mistake.
iCommonMistake is actually an Erik Tesla product, simple error
This type of behavior will have a dire effect on my purchasing habits. I just donβt know if companies like Apple realize the effect these types of decisions have, or if Iβm just not representative of their market. Either way, Cupertino can go and get fucked.
I reckon I could ask the next 100 people I meet if they knew Tim had donated to DT at least 98 of them wouldn't know. And of those that are Apple users, they'd still buy more from him.
So gross. It shouldnβt be a surprise anymore, but itβs still depressing.
It would be super interesting to know more background on these donations. One has to wonder if there was some sort of solicitation going on. Did somebody leave a note on his windshield? Iβm willing to bet there was.
So Tim Cook is a trump supporter then
What's not to like? Tax cuts and h1bs. Billionaires wet dream
Regime whores will always work with other regime whores to eanr profit at expense of pedon class.
Not that this makes it any better, but a lot of other tech companies are also doing this, and it shouldnβt go unnoticed
not samsung :)
Kissing the ketchup covered fingers of his lord.
Short fingers
That brown on his lips isn't ketchup.
What a pathetic lamprey.
This asshole will just claim it's a personal donation and not a corporate one. It's not wrong, just an asshole move with bad optics.
Et tu, Brute
Lol Tim Apple. You terrible human. May you never have a peaceful day in your life
Consider it an indulgence by a tech company to buy its way out of purgatory.
reasons why i have samsung
You really gonna make this a Apple vs Samsung thing when it's about the 1% rich vs the 99% of everyone else?
Samsung isn't an innocent company either, and I love their phones.
Yeah, IIRC Samsung are doing the same thing but in Korea
Upvoted. I wish I had a straight forward alternative to IOS but Android is not the one for me.
