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Imagine prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this public and embarrassing way. Sheesh.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 11 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

I have always hated Apple, this is just further proof that they are greedy fucks with no morals.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Oh hey, another reason Apple fucking sucks. Look at that.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

Another reason billionaires fucking suck. They'll always end up looking out for each other

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[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (8 children)

This is my own conjecture, but I'm willing to bet that playing nicely with Pres. Trump somehow saves Apple billions more in lost revenue to tariffs and legislation because Trump rewards those who are on his good side. I'm also willing to bet Tim / Apple is pressured to do this and has a very different attitude behind closed doors. Not that this excuses anybody for their actions, but it's clear they're trying to game the system the best they can in the name of "business".

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

You're probably right.

That doesn't change my opinion, though, that everyone at Apple can go suck-start their own asshole, and they'll never receive another cent of my money for as long as I live.

I already wasn't buying their shit but this has signed and sealed that for the rest of eternity.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 22 hours ago

I don't know, I mean if any corporation can eat the loss, it's apple with their insanely high margins.

I'm more inclined to believe there's some form of quid pro quo going on behind the scenes.

Besides, I simply cannot picture Tim Apple as any kind of a hero in this picture. No way he got bullied. He's getting something out of it. You scratch my back. I'll scratch yours.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Time to boycott Apple just like everybody decided to boycott Target and Amazon for bending over.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Cook speaks Trump. Fluently.

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[–] SpoonyBard@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Jesus, just pull his fly down and give him a blow job already.

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

so Trump excluded Apple from his tarriffs, right?

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

Ding ding ding!

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[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

All the people that surely criticized Musk at the time, would surely not criticize cook this time, because Apple fans... They have it in their hands

This is why when the whole media world rushed to protect him when he came out of the closet as gay was total and utter bullshit. He wasn't brave and he doesn't give one hot damn about the gay community clearly.

[–] thoon@feddit.nl 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fucking hate corporatism

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do stocks go up from such a cringe-move?

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Apple stock did, and unfortunately it even makes sense why. Considering how self-centered Trump is, and how easily swayed he can be by a literal shiny rock being given to him, this was probably a legitimately good trade for Apple.

They spend some money on a gold brick with some laser-cut glass, and the president of the entire country either gives them preferential treatment, or simply doesn't take any more extreme actions he was planning to take against them.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I already hate Apple products, so I can't not buy them to make a statement about not supporting fascist loving corpo scum.

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Fuck you Tim Cook

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

An apple shaped hole in a CD? He just presented Trump with an A-Hole award.

[–] bebabalula@feddit.dk 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This is a bit like mark rutte calling Trump “daddy”. It’s completely inconsequential in actual reality but still feels so entirely wrong. And I don’t even know who should be most embarrassed, the bootlickers or Trump for being transparently narcissistic that everyone realizes bootlicking works

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

This is not inconsequential at all, it's literally a bribe

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Fucking gross.

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