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Apple CEO Tim Cook Attends White House Dinner With Saudi Crown Prince
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I personally am choosing to think he gets a rush out of it. Dining with someone that would have you put to death sounds like it could be fun to a certain kind of person.
Which is why I don’t bother to get worked up about stuff. It’s all theatre anyway.
Or maybe Cook hates Trump so much that he is willing to walk away from CEO position soon and transition to a cushy job on the board as Apple Chair.
Apple's had the rainbow since it was incorporated in 1977. Lemme guess, they've gone too woke for you.
Regardless of what you all do or do not think about President Trump and Tim Cook, as CEO of one of the worlds largest companies, it is his job to play our these international relationships.
A dinner here or there overseas is part of the job. Sure I wish there was less politically motivated lobbying as Apple CEO. That’s partly part of the job and partly how Tim Cook chooses to execute his job role.
Whether I personally agree or disagree with how Tim Cook does his job does not matter. Tim Cook will do his job how he sees fit and will not change regardless of what anyone says. Secondly Apple’s financial results speak for themselves.
All we need to do as customers is not think too hard about how Tim Cook does his job and just keep purchasing Apple products. We will keep buying them regardless of what Tim Cook’s conduct is as Apple CEO.
A dinner here or there overseas is part of the job. Sure I wish there was less politically motivated lobbying as Apple CEO. That’s partly part of the job and partly how Tim Cook chooses to execute his job role.
Whether I personally agree or disagree with how Tim Cook does his job does not matter. Tim Cook will do his job how he sees fit and will not change regardless of what anyone says. Secondly Apple’s financial results speak for themselves.
All we need to do as customers is not think too hard about how Tim Cook does his job and just keep purchasing Apple products. We will keep buying them regardless of what Tim Cook’s conduct is as Apple CEO.
Use your heads, people. If we take Saudi money, that just leaves them less to fund the next 9/11.
"ditching your moral compass" is hardly accurate. You don't even know the man. It's disappointing to see Cook and Trump together. It really feels like they should be at odds but we know both of their motives. Cook wants to do what's best for his company and Trump wants to do what's best for his ego.
But… but… they’re investing so many billions into our AI cloud castles!
Only three of the 19 hijackers were from the Hamburg cell. 15 of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.
That isn’t true anymore, because the EU mandates more than five years of updates. Google and Samsung both now promise seven years of updates, which is about the same as what Apple provides.
Personally I use a Samsung tablet in addition to iPads, and while some things are worse, other things are also better.
It probably has something to do with that being the comparison of the accumulated bad actions of a country over decades, versus a very specific murder of one person. Kind of an apples to bone-saw comparison situation.
People are shocked to learn a CEO could ever be in the same room with leaders with alternate political views. I dont agree with Apples stances on climate change because they say one thing and their products say another. But that doesn’t stop me from buying their products. People need to take a chill pill.
If you are going Android, you'd be better off going with a Google Pixel and adopting its ecosystem. You'll still get all the android disadvantages of spyware-driven design. Pure Android UI beats a Samsung UI hands down. Whether one prefers Samsung One UI, Android UI, or iOS UI is a taste and priorities-tradeoff discussion that you should have with yourself before switching.
As for tradeoffs between Samsung and Apple, here is my list of how Samsung comes up short even though some people may love them.
1. Bloatware: Samsung ships One UI with a large number of proprietary apps duplicated against Google’s. Carriers add further apps on top. This increases background load and forces you to disable apps you don't want. Some apps cannot be uninstalled even after disabling. Apple on the other hand gives you one set of apps. No carrier bloatware. Most preinstalled apps can be removed or hidden.
2. Adware: Ads, ads everywhere in Samsung apps. You pay a premium price for an ecosystem filled with ads. You can disable some of them if you want to spend the time to research and take the trouble. But many of them will come back once you update your software. By contrast, Apple does not put advertising inside its core utilities and app. You will get ads in the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, and third-party content in News+. Ads in those seem less intrusive or more normal. Your mileage may vary.
3. Updates: Software updates for Samsung are slow and staggered by model, region, and carrier. Specific carrier updates can lag Google's android updates by weeks or months. Apple updates are available worldwide for all supported models on the same day. There is no carrier involvement or delay for carrier specific updates. Of lesser importance since people buy new phones every few years is the fact that Apple updates support their models longer than Samsung.
4. Thermal: Performance on Samsung devices can be variable due to thermal design. Apple thermal design is superior and results in more uniform performance.
5. UI: Samsung specific features can obscure standard Android behavior. Its visual design doesn't adhere to the underlying Android system. Apple, whether you like their UI or not, is mostly consistent across the system and apps.
6. Privacy: Android is build to spy. Samsung adds system analytics on top that are difficult to disable. Apple analytics are opt-in by default at setup. Apple anonymizes any data they collect.
7. Carriers: Ugh. Carriers have a large influence over Samsung and no influence over Apple.
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There's that right-wing, pro-fascist bulls#it again...
Dinner with the devil, bring a long spoon.
Tim Apple lost his values and morals in the pile of money we gave him buying Apple products. money corrupts….
mom must be proud.
Tim Apple lost his values and morals in the pile of money we gave him buying Apple products. money corrupts….
mom must be proud.
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"It's hypocritical to criticize a bad thing unless you've first criticized all other worse things first"
Is that an accurate summary of your views?
I saw no one in these comments praising Bush, Clinton, Obama, or Netanyahu. Those people aren't the focus of the story, so I don't see why they would.
I acknowledge that what "makes my blood boil" is to some degree influenced by what the media covers and how it is covered. But at the same time, I have limited capacity. I do not have enough time to fully research every single bad thing that happens and rank them. I don't think its helpful to criticize someone for condemning a bad thing unless you disagree with them about it being bad. There's room for people to place differing amounts of concern and focus on different bad things.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about".
Trump is well-known for defending the undefendable. Bloody dictators in particular.
In a Saudi embassy, not a fly gets in without the embassy security knowing. Let alone a commando of killers. Anyone with basic knowledge of Saudi Arabia knows who's behind Khashoggi's murder - no need for a PhD.
Trump is well-known for defending the undefendable. Bloody dictators in particular.
In a Saudi embassy, not a fly gets in without the embassy security knowing. Let alone a commando of killers. Anyone with basic knowledge of Saudi Arabia knows who's behind Khashoggi's murder - no need for a PhD.