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[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure. But that's unrelated; Apple is a publicly traded ("public") company. IKEA, for example, is a privately funded ("private") company. Being largely proprietary is separate from the ownership structure...

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Please do not lecture me on public vs private companies lmfao. That was the most condescending comment I’ve seen in a while. This is a joke post, and we were making little asides. You can allow a little loose interpretation in service of a joke.