Shouldn’t queer people in positions of power stand up for all queer people? It’s really sad to me to see Tim Cook fall in line so quickly. But I guess we all knew money and power corrupt.
Billionaires are not friends, no matter how queer they are.
Ernst Rohm was slaughtered in the Night of the Long Knives, if anyone wasn’t aware. Who’s Ernst Rohm? Hitler’s right-hand pet gay. Fun fact of the day.
Ah sweet a blatant bribe the media isn’t calling out.
When does Trump get the Freedom Medal of Valor?
The gold toilet, finally.
Tim Cook can and will continue to bend the knee crassly and openly like this, because there will be zero repercussions for his antics.
Apple customers are loyal to apple in the exact same manner as Trump supporters are MAGA.
If you chime in on this comment from an apple phone, know and understand that you will fall in line and stay in line, no matter what Tim does. When you feel that its time to buy a replacement, you will get another iPhone.
If you plan on sticking with apple (you will, and you know it), nobody wants to hear you bitch about the golden statue.
Ok, but here’s the thing. Every company is unethical. it feels like there is no such thing aa ethical consumption in 2025.
Forget companies. It feels like half of the people here would say I’m unethical for using Lemmy, and then send me a bunch of screenshots of Lemmy devs posts. But I feel that Lemmy is much better than mainstream social media and I feel that it’s moving the needle in the right direction.
You need to give actionable advice to people. You don’t want them to buy an iPhone? Ok, then recommend them some phones. And you can’t be all or nothing. Ok maybe many people won’t switch away from iPhone, how about recommend them a used/refurbished iPhone retailer (e.g. Swappa)? That’s more ethical and better for the environment than buying a new phone.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, and admittedly I’m writing this from an iPhone. But tell me what I should consider for my next phone. I personally am an iOS app developer, but assuming used phone market as a slightly more ethical alternative, I would use that for my next purchase.
Ok, but here’s the thing. Every company is unethical. it feels like there is no such thing aa ethical consumption in 2025.
I stopped reading after this.
Just list the ones giving golden statues.
I stopped reading after this
I stopped taking you seriously after this.
Respectfully you should stop virtue signaling and actually help people move the needle in the right direction. I feel really ethically overwhelmed by the world we live in and I desperately want to do the right thing. Every single use plastic cup I buy genuinely makes me feel gross inside. You know what has stuck with me is my college roommate who educated our whole college house on how to properly recycle. You will make more of a difference if you give actionable advice.
Thanks for the tone policing.
Surely, I will change how I conduct myself.
This is because you are very effective at moving the needle.
All I’m saying is I will have forgotten this interaction in the next 24 hours, but I’ll still be following the actionable recycling instructions my roommate gave me 5 years ago
All I’m saying is I will have forgotten this interaction in the next 24 hours, but I’ll still be following the actionable recycling instructions my roommate gave me 5 years ago
And buying an iPhone.
Also, you seem to be under the false impression that I’m concerned with your takeaway on this.
Oh no, a past purchase has sealed my future. I was planning on swapping to Android so I could run Graphene, but I guess I can’t now.
Apple is officially for giant pussies.
If you’re the world’s richest company as fascists rise to power on the backs of 2/3 of the nation you’re in: you’re going to lose. The question is how much and where.
If you can jangle a $29.95 golden toilet in front of the head fascist and buy 12 months of fuckery-free operations, you’re going to do it.
I doubt Tim Apple is proud. I do think he bought Apple some runway. How much? Where? Unknown. Possibly based on the UK / EU idiotically demanding encryption backdoors. Is that what he’s buying?
