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[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

I've never stumbled across Apple Insider before, it's quite the apologist for the company. Here's some tone deaf quotes from the article that made me laugh:

"It's true that the buck stops at the CEO, but without Tim Cook, Apple would not have so many bucks."

I guess if you make a lot of money you get a pass for allowing misleading and anti-consumer marketing campaigns?

"If billions and trillions are hard numbers to imagine, here's another one. Apple could, if its valuation could be converted to cash without loss, give every person living in the continental USA a free iPhone 16e — and then 13 spare ones. Each."

I love how they chose to illustrate Apple's obscene level of wealth with how much it could benefit people if they ever distributed that wealth through altruistic giving 😂

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I guess if you make a lot of money you get a pass for allowing misleading and anti-consumer marketing campaigns?

He is appointed by the people for whom he is making money and not by the customers. So the answer is likely yes.

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Supported and justified by the stockholders isn't surprising. It's the fact that this column writer is so unabashed in their reasoning that surprised me. It's not often that you see regular, bottom level consumers enthusiastically using the same reasoning as a stock holder. Usually they come at it from more of a "they produce great products, they care about providing a great service" standpoint. However, someone who writes articles for a platform called "Apple Insider" is likely to have some level of stock in the company.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

However, someone who writes articles for a platform called “Apple Insider” is likely to have some level of stock in the company.

That would be Apple Insider Trading.

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