At this point what did we expect? So predictable. Does anybody (in the world) honestly have any doubts as to Apples political leanings? Apple is very socially liberal and expects everyone to capitulate to their world view.
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Uh, no we didn't. Trump lost the popular vote. He won on the technicality of the Electoral College, not because most people wanted him.
Capitulate? No. Offer their opinion, yes. Same as you are doing now.
Sure. I just prefer the actual data points rather than the false narrative being told.
Apple is the most influential company in the country that has always made products that don't care about orientation, beliefs, or any of that. Their CEO is a homosexual. Welcome to the USA under Trump. This activism will only intensify.Here we go again. Stick to making consumer products.
Words are cheap though, apple is the first to say the right things and the last to fund any initiatives. What does apple actually support via funding? No need to answer that . Have you ever heard Tim Cook telling the Chinese politicians about equality? That is what I don't like....
Apple is (rightly) on the correct side of history on this issue.
There were people like you when Martin Luther King, Jr. walked the earth. They were on the wrong side of history as you are now.
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I'm sure an audit into the expenditures of Apple and Tim Cook would more than prove all of this nonsense is BS.
And Apple does a lot more for the US than it does for China.
Thanks to transgender rights, a student's legal name is considered educational protected information in California. You can be fired and prosecuted under FERPA for disclosing somebody's real name. This is the future.
Apple, this isn't your place. Stop it. Do what you do and make your dang computers.
Exactly, lots of places in the world so much worse than US and Tim is so silent on those (while their products are being sold there in large quantities and they have settlements (stores etc.) there).
Apple needs to stick to making gadgets, not injecting itself into politics. This country will be just fine, ya'll will see.
The manufactured hysteria is getting really old.
The manufactured hysteria is getting really old.
I'm not going to debate whether or not Apple adequately funds causes because we don't have the data, but I will suggest that talk is likely very expensive. I imagine making statements that go against the grain of nearly 50% of voters in the general election isn't the best for business.
i used to be on the "stick to making cool gadgets" bandwagon, but i'm not any more. Someone needs to speak for tolerance, to be a positive influence for future generations, and to help evolve our species into a better future. they've been able to do that with consumer products; maybe apple's calling isn't gadgets. sure that was it's focus for the first 40+ years, but why can't they evolve too? maybe apple should be a company that helps us fight for human rights.
I will happily take a less advanced incremental release of the iPhone this year if it means we can get rid of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, patriarchies, and every other condemnatory belief regarding people that might not look exactly like ourselves.
thanks for speaking out apple.
I will happily take a less advanced incremental release of the iPhone this year if it means we can get rid of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, patriarchies, and every other condemnatory belief regarding people that might not look exactly like ourselves.
thanks for speaking out apple.
Why do you need an audit? Funding and support is public knowledge, feel free to dig up announcements of such initiatives. And I'm talking apple here, not TC and his own personal $$$.
I'm sorry equality is equality, not just reserved for the US, as a global company his message should be global, not putting $$$ ahead of it
Fair point. Though let's be honest, unless you are an apple fan and visit sites like MR you will never see these statements, and will continue to buy apple products if you like them, politics will not impact you purchasing decision. Not like you are going to choose the computer made in the US....
Why doesn't Apple's commitment to equality extend to the Chinese workers making their products? If they are truly equal, how can Apple justify paying them peanuts?
Why does Apple continue to do business in countries where equality doesn't exist for women, gays, etc.? In Saudi Arabia women can't even drive but Apple has no problem doing business in that country.
Why does Apple continue to do business in countries where equality doesn't exist for women, gays, etc.? In Saudi Arabia women can't even drive but Apple has no problem doing business in that country.
If Apple were concerned with making products, they'd've done it already.
But with those billions in the bank, and their political activism, it makes them one of the largest PACs on the planet.
But with those billions in the bank, and their political activism, it makes them one of the largest PACs on the planet.
Apple is an American company, founded and based in America. Also where the CEO lives. Thus where most of the talk will be centered around. It would be a little rude for an American company to comment on say, China. Or for a British company to comment about American politics. Or a Canadian one about Mexico.
Nope. Apple has a right to speak out. They're exercising that right.
Here we go again. Stick to making consumer products.
To be fair, the Koch brothers (of Koch Industries), were gigantic funders of the Tea Party movement which to this day continues to infect all levels of state and federal government.
Koch Industries has, among other things, interests in oil refining. Yet their Tea Party movement determines policies on just about every aspect of government from things that directly impact Koch Industries (clean energy initiatives) to things that are completely unrelated (gay marriage).
By comparison, Apple is benign. They don't have operatives embedded up and down all levels of government.