Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.
Tim Cook, and Apple, is supporting a pedophile. Remember that when you walk into an Apple Store, if you can afford to.
“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
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.
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. 😀
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
And still rock an Android phone proudly
I don’t know about “proudly.” Preferred to Apple? Sure.
Simping the worlds largest ad company is weird to me
But that’s just me 🤷🏻♂️
That may have been true a few years ago but not anymore. Google gets lots of hate on Lemmy, Reddit, and various other tech sites.
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.
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?
So if it’s only an 18k carat gift it’s just fine? Because Google are the good guys
Is the article about Google or Apple? Really easy question for you.
I bet most of the people here replying in the comments are typing on what helped pay for that gold plated ass kissing device.
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.
Exactly, they all are sucking that orange teet now.
With the degree of information, and capacity to profile individuals at scale and model complex systems, Google likely knew Trump would be in the white house long before anyone else. They fired up the bribery train early on.
Maybe if we were on reddit, here I really don’t think that’s true.
I don’t get why people are NOW saying he’s trying to appease trump. He’s been doing it for years. He was front row at his inauguration right next to other billionaires.
Release the Epstein files
Surely they will throw him in prison!
Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don’t want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here’s Tim.
Honestly I am pretty sure this is a bribe to exempt Apple from tariffs. Billionaires care more about their profit than children being harm. It’s the sad truth.
It’s a bribe in disguise. It’s a tribute and a public spectacle of loyalty. And the top voted comment thinks Tim is playing 4d chess with Trump…
Nothing will improve until these people are eliminated from their positions of power. Stop giving Apple your money.
Not really much of a disguise
All in plain sight. Brass and shameful. Why has this been normalize? 😡
Brass
Brash
Why has this been normalize?
Trump’s ego.
Brass
Brash
No, I mean brass: “figurative. Taken as a type of insensibility to shame: hence, Effrontery, impudence, unblushingness.” (DEFINED)
Brash would not have been appropriate (defined as “self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way”). Tim was not rude, noisy or overbearing, but he was absolutely shameless!
brass: “figurative…”
Huh, TIL. That’s a very uncommon usage in my area.
Trump has no idea what he is doing he just want free gifts like the stupid used airplane
He pretty much says it, right? 'here’s a 24k gold bar… to hold the plaque we engraved your name on
Jesus short memories.
Apple phones have been built in by Chinese kids in buildings with suicide nets on them since the beginning.
When the fuck did Apple EVER give a shit about anything other than its value?
Maybe in the early days when the Apple II was hot on the market but idk even then. Capitalist are going to do their capitalism.
At this point it seems like half of them became billionaires just to be the ones harming the children.
“Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Google donated $1 million to the inauguration fund”
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It’s what conservatives crave.
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Bribe. The word you’re looking for
Definitely, as after this it was announced that Apple would not be affected by the 100% semiconductor tariffs.
Bribery is now not just legal, but mandatory
When you’re rich and powerful as fuck but still bend the knee to a felon rapist pedophile.
All of America’s most “powerful” people are little fucking bitches. Little bitches are calling the shots and representing us to the world. Jesus Christ how pathetic is this country going to get?
Conservatives: Hold my beer.
reality is often disappointing.
Do stocks go up from such a cringe-move?
They sure did!
This is why when the whole media world rushed to protect him when he came out of the closet as gay was total and utter bullshit. He wasn’t brave and he doesn’t give one hot damn about the gay community clearly.
Oh hey, another reason Apple fucking sucks. Look at that.
Another reason billionaires fucking suck. They’ll always end up looking out for each other
It’s Apple or Google pretty much here for us Americans. Who do you think we should support? Or do you think we should go back to t9 Nokias?
I want WebOS back.
Or a clean, normal, non-Android phone version of Linux.
Sailfish exists: https://sailfishos.org/
You’re on Lemmy and haven’t heard the word of our lord and saviour Linus Torvaldes?
We’ll fuck, I forgot about Dre!
I kid, but Linux is the third option. I’ve been getting to know it lately and am just about ready to switch my main machine.
Sadly real linux (not android) is not a good mobile option yet, though is progressing rapidly.
European alternative: https://sailfishos.org/
Linux phones will eventually get to a point that I can ditch the big two entirely. I hope. But yeah if I didn’t need the apps for my job, I’d go back to a Nokia T9 in a heart beat. I was a live long before smartphones were, I don’t need one.
So now that apple bent the knee can people finally stop buying apple shit?
Google hasn’t “bent the knee”? 😏
I’m sure it has, but I don’t recall them publicly giving the Cheetos a gold trinket
Dumb people buy Apple products, so they’ll probably keep buying them, because they’re dumb.
His name really is Tim Apple now.
Fuck you Tim Cook
