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(Product) RED Thanks Apple for Contributions Totaling $75 Million, Explains Recent Comments From Bono
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humor, huh?
Oh, yes... 'humor.' That great explanation that's supposed to forgive every pretentious, obnoxious, drunken statement from the mouths of self-important front men. Apparently, Bono's learned a lot from all the politicians he's rubbed elbows with over the years. Never apologize. Just explain it away.
Oh, yes... 'humor.' That great explanation that's supposed to forgive every pretentious, obnoxious, drunken statement from the mouths of self-important front men. Apparently, Bono's learned a lot from all the politicians he's rubbed elbows with over the years. Never apologize. Just explain it away.
That's the same exact thing some guy said in Age of Empires II when I warned everyone that he had intentionally quit last game. I didn't consider it a good excuse.
Maybe Apple should donate to help people who are suffering from leukemia after working at Samsung factories.
In Steves defence he had no real choice about it in the early days of his return, the operating budget was very low there wasn't the extra revenue to afford an extravagance of RED and alike especially when fighting to keep your company afloat which has been brought to the brink of ruin.
later on though there could of been more contribution and that is a fair point, my only reasoning would be an almost like paranoia by Steve thinking of how Apple had been when he came back due to wasting funds and he was determined to build a strong base and it was only when Apple found new success and was regaining sustainability that charitable donations became viable.
Thants how I try to see it anyway.
I watched Bono's comments, thought they were an intriguing glimpse into the behind-the-scenes way things like this are handled, got a few laughs out of it and then came to MacRumors to see people expressing outrage about Bono insulting Steve. (???)
It seemed to me that Bono was speaking in admiration of how steadfast Steve Jobs was and yet how he found a way to compromise. I saw nothing in Bono's comments to get outraged by.
FFS, people sure are sensitive about the most idiotic things.
It seemed to me that Bono was speaking in admiration of how steadfast Steve Jobs was and yet how he found a way to compromise. I saw nothing in Bono's comments to get outraged by.
FFS, people sure are sensitive about the most idiotic things.
"Apple may be planning to increase support for (RED) in the coming months"
Red Mac Pro anyone?
Already done, at last as a one of a kind through Sotheby's.
I am misunderstanding this, so perhaps I need a better explanation.
From what I see, and I think I must be wrong.
Apple spend virtually nothing, in real terms, making a few items in red colour.
These are auctioned off as something special as they are red, other people pay load of money for them, and this money goes to charity.
Is this right? It can't be.
From what I see, and I think I must be wrong.
Apple spend virtually nothing, in real terms, making a few items in red colour.
These are auctioned off as something special as they are red, other people pay load of money for them, and this money goes to charity.
Is this right? It can't be.
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I love the (RED) campaign. I buy those versions of products whenever possible and encourage you all to do the same.
Bill Gates Foundation
Google gives is setting out a plan to deliver free internet, with their Internet Balloon, they also do boatloads of other stuff. Visit Google.org
No, Bono was an ass and was called on it. You joke in private. When in public, supporting a charity, you act professionally.
Although I like supporting Project Red, the leather iPhone case just gets dirty way to quickly. It's a shame that I had to exchange it for black. The red looks so much better.
It's kinda right. There are also red iPods and stuff that aren't auctioned off but are just sold to the average consumer for some extra amount. I don't see what's so surprising about it.
Any time an organization finds itself "explaining" the comments of some individual, you know that whatever they're about to say is not at all what the individual meant. If the individual meant something else, they would have corrected themselves right there and then. Bono meant every word, and it was not a joke.
Sure they look cool, but if you only want to give money to an AIDS research charity (or any charity for that matter), it's better to just donate money rather than trusting that the extra money you pay all goes to the charity.
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Yes, I've already been hit with this one a couple of times. See post #40. Click that link of corporate philanthropy ranked by who gave most. It has lots of corporate names in there including Google, Intel, Microsoft, even Dell, Texas Instruments and Cisco. Slide across and you can easily see who gives the most, ranked by size of the giving.
Note also what I wrote there about Project Red, none of which is meant to put Apple down- quite the contrary. But at the same time, it doesn't appear they are head & shoulders above every other corporation or tech corporation in this department either. So I applaud Apple's great efforts with Project Red and other things but I don't stomp on significant giving by Apple's competitors nor try to spin it like those competitors should try to be more like Apple in this area (also quite the contrary based on what you'll discover when you visit that link).
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PocketSand (above) answered this pretty well. Yes, they make some special items (like the one-of-a-kind Red Mac Pro http://www.cultofmac.com/251453/jon...-red-mac-pro-for-project-red-charity-auction/ that was auctioned off at a huge price) and they make special editions of some basic consumer products like iPods and accessories: http://www.apple.com/product-red/ In the latter, people like us buy those products and Apple donates a chunk of that revenue to Project Red.
That's generous of Apple as they don't have to do anything like that and Apple's products do sell very well, so they are costing themselves the profits of all of what they donate to that cause. If they didn't participate, those profits would add to their corporate profits.
So that's why everyone in the audience laughed? People here need to lighten up.
