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Apple Has Raised $200 Million Through (PRODUCT)RED Sales to Fight AIDS

thadoggfather said:
Great cause... on paper


Sorry to be a buzzkill but -
I am of the opinion bono’s Org that’s owns (red) mishandles most of the $$$ and it becomes his personal slush fund. His politics always stink too and he’s a Loyal George soros crony.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ion-giving-tiny-percentage-funds-charity.html

Once a scumbag , always a scumbag.

He also didn’t become the richest rockstar in the world just from U2 ... just saying

Worth a watch imo if you’re open minded to being presented w uncomfortable facts, very eye opening, about an hour long, aptly titled : Bono is evil

Also touches on the time when apple forced users into having a copy of the u2 album on Their devices without their consent
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If you’re going for buzzkill at least get your facts straight. He made most of his money from U2, founding Evolution Partners and now NextEquity, venture funding a small startup called FaceBook, along with many household tech names. He is in the top 5 richest rock stars, don’t be jealous of success. I made it to 6 minutes of that silly video. Trump, Soros, i’m Out. If that stuff is your lens then yeah, have a nice day.
 
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It is important to know that Product(RED) introduces genital cutting to areas of Africa where it has not been traditionally used—including the genital cutting of minors—based on specious data:

This is what Product(RED) funds and promotes as prevention of HIV/AIDS:

https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/specials/2016-06-08-beyond-the-cut/

Here is some information on the specious research behind the genital cutting practices:

http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/05/when-bad-science-kills-or-how-to-spread-aids/

https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/circumcision-prevents-hiv-infection-medical-myth

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255200/
 
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burgman said:
If you’re going for buzzkill at least get your facts straight. He made most of his money from U2, founding Evolution Partners and now NextEquity, venture funding a small startups called FaceBook, along with many household tech names. He is in the top 5 richest rock stars, don’t be jealous of success. I made it to 6 minutes of that silly video. Trump, Soros, i’m Out.
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I said nothing about trump here. Total Derangement!

If you care enough about the subject watch the video and then discuss the contents. If you refuse to even examine the contents, then you’ve already made up your mind. You’re adamantly ignorant, and that’s the worst kind of ignorant (imo) but you do you

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He’s literally shilling for him in this open society YouTube promo, shot apple style, that’s all of 2 minutes long... at 1 minute 20 seconds

How can you say I’m making stuff up?

 
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thadoggfather said:
Great cause... on paper


Sorry to be a buzzkill but -
I am of the opinion bono’s Org that’s owns (red) mishandles most of the $$$ and it becomes his personal slush fund. His politics always stink too and he’s a Loyal George soros crony.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ion-giving-tiny-percentage-funds-charity.html

Once a scumbag , always a scumbag.

He also didn’t become the richest rockstar in the world just from U2 ... just saying

Worth a watch imo if you’re open minded to being presented w uncomfortable facts, very eye opening, about an hour long, aptly titled : Bono is evil

Also touches on the time when apple forced users into having a copy of the u2 album on Their devices without their consent
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This is a humanitarian issue. But you managed to politicize it with your hate politics. Congrats! :rolleyes:
 
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thadoggfather said:
I don’t disagree but I also don’t see a ‘deadly disease’ subcategory

It affects society so it’s a social issue
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It's an interesting thought, but if Apple were raising money for cancer or cystic fibrosis or diabetes or something along those lines, would we get the warning? I don't blame the site, I just find it sad that so many people find HIV/AIDS to be a controversial topic.
 
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apple_iBoy said:
It's an interesting thought, but if Apple were raising money for cancer or cystic fibrosis or diabetes or something along those lines, would we get the warning? I don't blame the site, I just find it sad that so many people find HIV/AIDS to be a controversial topic.
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I don’t think macrumors has a fight to pick one way or the other, honestly.
 
Virtually nobody reports incredible stuff like this, yet the news will continue to report Apple's supposed "tax evasion." Maybe it's just me, but selfless charity such as this does much more good for the world than the government would ever do with more tax dollars. #JustSayin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
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If people remained virgins until marriage as they are supposed to, and did not commit adultury or sodomy, sexual transmission of disease would not exist.
 
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Solomani said:
This is a humanitarian issue. But you managed to politicize it with your hate politics. Congrats! :rolleyes:
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It is also a humanitarian issue when his accusations are true. Did you even watch the video? And how is it hateful to bring up such issues. You think this kind of stuff should stay in the dark?
 
thadoggfather said:
I said nothing about trump here. Total Derangement!

If you care enough about the subject watch the video and then discuss the contents. If you refuse to even examine the contents, then you’ve already made up your mind. You’re adamantly ignorant, and that’s the worst kind of ignorant (imo) but you do you

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He’s literally shilling for him in this open society YouTube promo, shot apple style, that’s all of 2 minutes long...

How can you say I’m making stuff up?

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Soros is a terrible human being.
 
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200 million / 12 years = 16.67 million a year to fight a global disease...

By comparison, George Bush tripled the PEPFAR budget to 39 billion over 5 years starting in 2008... (subsequently heavily cut by Obama - weird right? look it up).
 
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It would probably be quite a bit more if they had done first-day releases of the previous Product (RED) iPhones and done the 7 with black bezels instead of white.

By the time Apple released RED iPhone 7 in March and iPhone 8 in April a lot of the initial sales momentum was over. I don't know how many were sold, but I imagine the number would be at least tripled if they had been available on release day.

At the time of the iPhone 8 RED release in April 2018 Apple said they had donated $160M to the project so an additional $40M has been generated just in the last seven months. I've got a feeling the XR contributed a decent percentage of that during its first month of availability.
 
Solomani said:
This is a humanitarian issue. But you managed to politicize it with your hate politics. Congrats! :rolleyes:
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Sadly, with many charities, not all the money goes to the cause it’s fighting for. If there’s proof that the money is being abused I want to know firsthand so I stop donating to them. I don’t care if the proof comes out of Trump’s mouth or Clinton’s mouth.

Yes, I’m a republican...and I’m gay. It’s a thing. Not all of us are on the left. (I’m not necessarily addressing you, but some of the others on here who think being a gay republican is illegal)

AIDS is a huge issue but if they’re not using the money donated properly, they don’t deserve it.

Fraud in the name of charity is inexcusable no matter what the cause is.

And back to the other point...leave us alone. Stop forcing gays to take the leftist side. We have brains too, you know.
 
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