More nonsense. This causes prices to go up and stockholders increase profits.... resulting in an increase in their dividends. TY in advance
I'll always encourage people to think before commenting or spend some time investigating stories before posting whatever comes to mind. It might be a losing battle, but as an optimist I'll keep encouraging more thoughtful responses.Well this is the MacRumors comment section after all. Strange stuff gets posted here.
Yes ….exactly 5 years left according to some. But I’ve lost track of how many times the goal post has been moving regarding the death of the planet. Technically we should’ve been extinct at least five times by now. 😁We won't be here much longer.
You don’t know how judicial systems work, right?The judicial authorities in France and Belgium will now decide whether to investigate the complaints further and bring criminal charges.
They investigate themselves? Reminds me of how the Country starting with I is always investigating its own (*alleged) war crimes
Tim is more about money for himself and fellow executives by making shareholders rich than to really care about the environment in any way that isn’t marketing.I don't believe this for a second. I strongly believe that Apple stands by its principles and isn't knowingly approving shady side deals.
We won't be here much longer.
So the complaints are criminal, and the complainers will be prosecuted?Apple Hit With Criminal Complaints Over Congo Mineral Trade
I find it always hard to justify bad things and pointing to others for justification. It’s like dumping waste somewhere because my neighbor does the same.And China gets off scot-free with all of the things they are doing in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa for these same metals.
Why do you people call it extortion? What’s wrong with you?Indonesia was able to extort money out of Apple, now it's time for other countries to try it.
If they were really concerned about the mineral trade being unfair, they would be going after all tech companies and making a unified policy as a nation.
We, at least in the United States, do not practice capitalism any more. With all of the laws and government interference there are nearly no markets that are free to operate on capitalistic principles. So the problems you seem to refer to are the result of government interference in capitalism.I sometimes feel that capitalism, the way it is currently constructed, is not compatible with the future, but instead of doing something about it, we've collectively decided that the future doesn't matter
A better way to explain it is by its name …. The Belt and Road InitiativeWhat China does is pay off the corrupt governments of African countries. They promise to put people to work. They either treat the locals as slave labor or, more often, bring in their workers from China to do it all. The local area gets nothing. China has purposely cornered the market on rare earth metals.
What's your alternative?I sometimes feel that capitalism, the way it is currently constructed, is not compatible with the future, but instead of doing something about it, we've collectively decided that the future doesn't matter
All markets operate under regulations. Absent regulatory bodies, governments, there would be no markets. And no, a barter system isn't pure capitalism.We, at least in the United States, do not practice capitalism any more. With all of the laws and government interference there are nearly no markets that are free to operate on capitalistic principles.
So the problems you seem to refer to are the result of government interference in capitalism.
For example, if electric vehicles were good for the world, people would be buying them in droves,
instead the government has to subsidize the purchase in order for people to even consider it. That is NOT capitalism, it is a form of socialism.
Now I know you probably believe the propaganda about how EVs will save the world and its children, but that propaganda ignores a lot of downsides to EVs. Including the dark side of mining for the raw materials needed. It also ignores the fact that petroleum is a natural renewable product.
The problem here is not capitalism, but the Nanny's that want to have control of capitalism. Capitalism is free and open markets. Most people are scared of freedom because they then don't know and can't control the future.
You fundamentally misunderstand capitalism, if you think that. There is no incentive to do what is "good for the world" in capitalism. There is plenty of incentive to do what's good for yourself (i.e. spend less money on a car).For example, if electric vehicles were good for the world, people would be buying them in droves
It doesn't say that.As the article says, France and Belgium will supposedly police themselves.
What's your alternative?
We, at least in the United States, do not practice capitalism any more. With all of the laws and government interference there are nearly no markets that are free to operate on capitalistic principles. So the problems you seem to refer to are the result of government interference in capitalism.
For example, if electric vehicles were good for the world, people would be buying them in droves, instead the government has to subsidize the purchase in order for people to even consider it. That is NOT capitalism, it is a form of socialism. BTW in case you don't know it, the very first car produced by Henry Ford was an EV.
Now I know you probably believe the propaganda about how EVs will save the world and its children, but that propaganda ignores a lot of downsides to EVs. Including the dark side of mining for the raw materials needed. It also ignores the fact that petroleum is a natural renewable product.
The problem here is not capitalism, but the Nanny's that want to have control of capitalism. Capitalism is free and open markets. Most people are scared of freedom because they then don't know and can't control the future.
What China does is pay off the corrupt governments of African countries. They promise to put people to work. They either treat the locals as slave labor or, more often, bring in their workers from China to do it all. The local area gets nothing. China has purposely cornered the market on rare earth metals. Apple has no more to do with this than other Tech companies.
It doesn't say that.
It says they were asked to police Apple, because they have the toughest supply chain laws. The only involvement of the countries is that the final iPhones are sold there. There's nothing in the complain implying they had anything to do with the extraction or the laundering.
The judicial authorities in France and Belgium will now decide whether to investigate the complaints further and bring criminal charges.
Leopold II, the most vile man ever to exist; worse than Genghis Khan, Stalin, Pol Pot and Hitler combined. I will die on this hill. The sun will rise in the west and set in the east before I change my mind. Leo's only motivation was greed.It goes back WAY more than 30+ years.
The novel & subsequent movie "King Leopold's Ghost" (narrated by Don Cheadle) is one of the most horrific movies I've ever seen.
Why do you people call it extortion? What’s wrong with you?
You're comparing China to Apple in terms of international influence? Let me put it this way, "When China sneeze, Apple catches a cold."And China gets off scot-free with all of the things they are doing in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa for these same metals.