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Marco ArmentIn perfect unison.
Does anyone still think their buddy Tim Cook is any better than the rest of them?
Fuck them all.
damien 🥖🐈⬛🧣@marcoarment the fact that Zuckerberg, whom Trump threatened with jail time if elected, is also part of this is truly something. Not surprising obviously but it’s telling.
Jonathan Gulbrandsen@marcoarment @gruber the difference between ”… on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” and ”Congrats on the victory” is staggeringly giganticly enormous!!! One is taking a clear positive stance ok that outcome, other is stating fact.
Torstein@marcoarment This is the best Gruber has ever written, it got me all fired up!! 🙏 Fuck them all, and especially Tim Cook. I expected more from him. What a sell-out. I too hope the taste lingers.
Tony Harris@marcoarment totally worth reading for the Cheetos comment.
mejum@marcoarment 💯 Fuck them all!
Lee@marcoarment At least he was that last of the bunch..? I’m surprised at how soon they decided they’d better lick boot.
zıəs uɐɟəʇs ✪@marcoarment please let us call him „Tim Apple“. That is the respect he deserves.
Filip Radelic@seiz @marcoarment acceptable aliases also include Tim Crook and Tim Cooked.
mikebob@marcoarment that new Mac mini sure is a great value tho
WeaponizedFun@marcoarment "I wonder too, what taste Cheetos-dusted 78-year-old testicles leave in one’s mouth. Whatever the flavor, I hope it lingers." *chef's kiss*
Eshu Marneedi@marcoarment Not surprised China's bitch is kissing a fascist's ring.
Richard Smith@marcoarment Fired up honest Marco is the best Marco. But that’s also the best thing @gruber has ever written.
Sinner BOFH@marcoarment duck them all billionaires assholes! (Yes, iOS just auto-corrected me “Fuck”)
Drew Pickard@marcoarment
CREATING SHAREHOLDER VALUE
CREATING SHAREHOLDER VALUE
George K@marcoarment would you prefer a CEO of a company this large to chance the future of their employees? I expect trump to be vengeful and petty. What purpose would be served by basically provoking him?
I’m not saying it’s great that they all are doing it. But realistically, should they consider the consequences of their actions?
I’m not saying it’s great that they all are doing it. But realistically, should they consider the consequences of their actions?
Ava 
@GeKalash @marcoarment Capitulating to threats before you’re required to is how fascism wins. If you kiss Trump’s feet before it’s mandatory, he doesn’t need to make it mandatory and jump through those hoops.
Jonathan Dechko@GeKalash @marcoarment How about just not saying anything at all?
My teenagers mostly have that one figured out.
@GeKalash @marcoarment well, the consequences of companies going along with fascism and doing everything they want is pretty well documented. So yeah, I would like him to consider the consequences of his actions.
@GeKalash @marcoarment Agree and politicians themselves on different sides politically have to work together in washington everyday. No matter who is there we should all hope for a better country.
Jade@marcoarment What does "fuck them all" mean in this context? Overcast is a great app that puts coin in Tim Apple's pocket, but you're not going to stop developing for the App Store. John Gruber isn't going to turn his back on Apple, either. This is catharsis, totally reasonable, but this is where it begins and ends.
@marcoarment I thought everybody agreed Tim was a bean counter anyway?
Joel@marcoarment Tim (Rotten) Apple
encyclops@marcoarment love that you quoted Bezos but not Andy Jassy 😂
Luke Hand@marcoarment 🙋🏻♂️ yes, I do.
pmoe@marcoarment @gruber Believe me, the rest of the world is feeling the same pain. Have a cathartic release, but keep doing what you’ve been doing and encouraging everyone to vote.
This may be the lesson that people in the USA needed. Not voting will always guarantee that the candidates sponsored by billionaires (and Murdoch) will always win.
Evidence: USA, Brexit, upcoming Germany,
This may be the lesson that people in the USA needed. Not voting will always guarantee that the candidates sponsored by billionaires (and Murdoch) will always win.
Evidence: USA, Brexit, upcoming Germany,
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
originalmagneto@marcoarment I actually think Tim Cook needs to go, maybe reinstate Scott Forstall. The upgrade prices on the new Macs are just ridiculous.
Delric@originalmagneto @marcoarment lol that you don’t like prices has zilch to do with CEO effectiveness
@marcoarment Honestly, what did you expect would happen?
SaftyKumaThis is the guy they ALL wanted from the beginning. Birds of a feather.
Orlando@marcoarment I think they are doing this to not be in his crosshair.
FreediverX@marcoarment
I was thinking the same thing about Tim Apple's exclamation mark. While all these messages are nauseating, it's clear he wasn't going for the same tone as Bezos.
I was thinking the same thing about Tim Apple's exclamation mark. While all these messages are nauseating, it's clear he wasn't going for the same tone as Bezos.
Kirk McElhearn@marcoarment I blame the tech journalists for making these people out to be heroes. The ones who wrote glowing stories to get access or to get these people on panels or interviews.
Sean Eric Fagan@marcoarment There have been multiple signs over the years that Cook approves of the fascist, to the point I would not be surprised if he's voted for him 3 times.
SwampYankee@marcoarment Follow the money. We are all "little people". It's a billionaires world and until we rise up and address the largest wealth gap in U.S. history we remain, at best, serfs. They took our unions, our pensions, out health care and out children's hope of ever owning a home. The rich get richer and Fox news tell the masses the brown people are stealing their stuff. Follow the money....the brown people are not stealing your stuff.
Voline
Doubledado@marcoarment Hopefully the EU will realize that digital sovereignty requires a nation-agnostic device. Linux is probably the easiest way forward for fast development and deployment.
I would prefer to not buy any more tech from supporters of fascism. It is like seeing the wealthy kids in the school yard congratulating the bully, with hopes that he will not target them. Disgusting. Fuck apple.
Nathan King@marcoarment One does not become wealthy by being strongly principled.
Chuck O'Rourke:verified:@marcoarment c’mon Tim took part in an election event at an Apple facility in Texas for the previous presidential campaign.
Jared Nay 
@marcoarment TBF, they have no idea what TFG will or won’t do/be able to do come next Jan. I would be kissing his ass too in their positions. No point in staying silent or speaking out when our nation has tied capitalist goals so deeply to politics.
When more than 1/2 of the nation either believes lies or prefers a criminal to something that they can’t predict, how do you even fight?
I just feel like we are stuck between the uneducated (by design) & sunk cost fallacy cultists.
When more than 1/2 of the nation either believes lies or prefers a criminal to something that they can’t predict, how do you even fight?
I just feel like we are stuck between the uneducated (by design) & sunk cost fallacy cultists.
Matt Godden@marcoarment Tim is in his happy place.
"A Duchenne smile is the one that reaches your eyes, making the corners wrinkle up with crow’s feet. It’s the smile most of us recognise as the most authentic expression of happiness.”
charlesesmith@marcoarment “courage." Last nail in that coffin.
Pēteris Krišjānis@marcoarment wait, people thought Tim is at their side? 🤣
Seriously, what a hell is wrong with you people?
Seriously, what a hell is wrong with you people?
briand06@marcoarment Business…
Mustapha Hamoui@marcoarment You think steve Jobs was better than Trump? Cook's superpower is that he knows how to play these people while pretending to be serving them @gruber
Huh, that's weird.
Plagiarize@marcoarment if he had scruples, he wouldn’t be a billionaire
Abazigal@marcoarment I do think that Tim Cook remains the best person to lead Apple through 4 years of Trump.
Jonny@marcoarment @brentsimmons Doing what’s best for shareholders doesn’t mean they like it any more than you do.
Brent Simmons@JonnyBlueApple @marcoarment But they do
Grievous Angel@marcoarment Mild and compassionate disagreement: this is just PR and stakeholder management. It’s pro forma. And there’ll be a lot more of it.
@marcoarment Nope. "All in the game, All in the game, yo."