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I used to like him. I worked for the company when he took over. On the first day in the driver's seat, he sent an email to all employees stating that the policy on company-matched donations to charities was being expanded. I can't remember the details, but it was something about adding charities that SJ considered too political or something (SJ liked to keep the brand away from controversy, which is why you've never been able to get a porn app in the App Store).

I thought it was a classy way of signaling to everyone, "I'm in charge now." I really had a lot of respect for Tim Apple as a result.

The way he's fucked things around for third party developers with the App Store tax and locking down what developers can build has been so tone-deaf in the last however many years that Apple released a breakthrough hardware device (Vision Pro) and it's basically useless because no one wants to build for it. I know that he's sucking up to ensure that the admin favors his company's needs wrt manufacturing in China, but it's still a feckless move. Fuck Tim Apple. He's part of the problem now. Not like Ol' Lonnie or Zuck, but still a problem.

I remember when I liked him better when I liked him better.

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[–] GreenKnight23 26 points 3 days ago

who the fuck is Tim Cook? that's Tim Apple in the picture.

[–] dtrain 145 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Typo in article….CEO is Tim Apple

[–] djsp 58 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For anyone else who, like me, didn't know: Trump once referred to Tim Cook as “Tim Apple”, as described in the Wikipedia article on Tim Cook:

In a meeting for the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board with President Donald Trump in March 2019, Trump referred to Cook as "Tim Apple".

[–] Duamerthrax 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Two take aways from that. One, Trump does not understand why any company would not be named after its founder. Two, Trump has never created a successful company that he ever stepped down from or been trusted enough to take over someone else's company. Well, he torpedoed the USFL, which wasn't named after him.

[–] djsp 4 points 3 days ago

Intelligent analysis I concur with and thank you for. I sometimes wonder what myths our flawed present may pass down to our uncertain future. Who knows? After two millennia, our descendants might think of Trump the way we conceive of Narcissus while they recall the new flood myths we are delivering them.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was wondering why a cook would meet with trump.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Perhaps they’re planning something with a cobbler

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Ha! Writer was probably hungry and just thought of food when apple came to mind and then remembered he needed to cook something. The brain is a crazy thing.

Tim Apple is really proving to be a follower and not a leader. Pretty lame move Mr. Apple.

Can you imagine being that rich and still having to suck dick?

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[–] DarkFuture 12 points 3 days ago

Bend the knee little bitch. Bend that knee.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ANOTHER Billionaire CEO visiting Trump at Mar A Lago now that he's President Elect? I can SMELL the Fresh Flowers growing in that Former Swamp because OBVIOUSLY this ISNT Corrupt at all!

[–] SlopppyEngineer 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The equivalent of dukes, barons and other modern nobility need to pay tribute to the new king. It's a tradition as old as humanity itself.

Those goes back to the concept of anacyclosis, or social cycle theory. After democracy comes ochlocracy, concentration of wealth and demagogues, what turns into a form of monarchy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In an ideal world, CEOs would have no more access to politicians than the average citizen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to breathe

[–] Jackthelad 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm not sure why anyone is shocked and/or outraged by CEOs of American companies paying a visit to the guy who is going to be running the country.

CEOs of various companies meet the President all the time.

[–] affiliate 11 points 3 days ago

i think it’s because none of the CEOs really wanted to play ball with him last time. but this time they are way more afraid of him

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Bingo. This gives no indication of what they discussed or what said CEOs actually think of him. Basically just routine politics to ensure they don't get on his bad side regardless.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

SJ was said to have been asked by Obama how to bring back production and answered that it wasn't coming back. But I honestly believe that was more about a president bringing business leaders to a meeting to try to gather information and this is absolutely just kissing the ring. They aren't the same because Trump is different from every other president we've ever had.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

He also said Obama would be a one term president

And then he died

[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

This year provided a great primer for all of us asleep in the industry on what our leadership's objectives really are. It cut through the bullshit like a razor. We should remember it for the years to come. I sincerely hope it's taken millions of heads out of asses.

[–] Orbituary 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Everyone forgets by spring. Don't hold your breath.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

I self-hosted Wiki.js to keep receipts for myself. 🥹

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[–] drmoose 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's funny how all of these "silicon valley tech is running the world" conspiracy nuts are all silent now 😬

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

All the oligarchs need to kiss the ring in order to get favorable rulings.

[–] robocall 11 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Let me guess, discussing the implementation of this? But this time instead of concerts, its at peaceful protests...

(Its an apple patent that allows iPhone cameras to be remotely disabled upon detection of a signal)

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Couldn't you just put a filter on for that spectrum and it would never trigger the sensor?

Still terrible and should never happen, but it seems like it'd be easy to bypass and would be ripe with 3rd party vendors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they are actually doing this, it wouldn't be with IR lights, it'd be a radio signal. And they would also make the "airplane mode" be not really turn off the radio, but it would still be listening for signals passively, but emitting no signals (so you can't detect that fact its listening passively). Then cops can turn on a radio broadcast to nearby phones with a "Disable Camera and Microphone functions" message. Any phone that pick it up will disable those functions.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ah that does make more sense.

Time to make a Faraday cage bag that can expose the camera without exposing the radio. If that's even possible. A cage with a big hole seems... not a cage lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Or just... buy a camera?

Cameras have no radios, as far as I know. (Just watch, they are gonna start making "Smart Cameras" with phoning home to a NSA server)

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remember when Tim Cook told someone’s mom to just by an iPhone in order to access iMessage. True colors coming out there, total douche bag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, I don't, and I pay attention to Apple stuff. Got a link?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

The EU actually didn’t force them to implement RCS. Apple did it themselves to try and avoid an regulatory/antitrust scrutiny.

At the moment I think having RCS on iPhone is worse than if Apple was forced to open up iMessage to other platforms. RCS on Android is basically controlled by Google and you can’t use it on custom roms. Google also runs the RCS backend that most carriers rely on (rather than implementing their own). So if you are trying to avoid Google’s spyware, you can’t use RCS to message iPhone users.

[–] Hobbes_Dent 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Tim who?"

"Cook."

"Uh,"

"Apple, sir."

"No thanks."

[–] kautau 27 points 4 days ago (8 children)

“Apple, sir.”

hisses, his body rejecting the idea of fresh fruit

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Don't bite the anus that feeds you"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

It’s hard to bite an anus

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

third time the charm, and they can't forget the other guy too, or we're you talking about tim cook?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I, for one, am looking forward to our soon to be corporate hellscape.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (5 children)

(crying on the inside but not showing it)

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[–] avieshek 12 points 3 days ago

We call this the #TeamCrook era aka today’s Apple.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

<gluk, gluk, gluk, gluk, chortle, slurp>, said Tim

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I'm sure he had to dig deep to endure the smell of urine and feces as is popularly described.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Are they referring to his dick or something?

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