Matt Gemmell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 25, 2025

Well, hmm. The US is presently a fascist regime with no international credibility, and engaged in extortion and economic terrorism on multiple fronts. Apple has curried favour with the big apricot-hued fascist, and contributed directly to him financially, thus effectively backing and funding the many abuses.

Apple is also perpetually engaged in profiteering, ecosystem lock-in, monopolistic behaviour and manipulation, and malicious compliance. So my vote is with the EU. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/04/24/white-house-hits-back-at-eu-fine/

White House Hits Back at Apple's Massive EU Fine

Apple's $570 million fine from the EU has triggered a sharp rebuke from the White House, which called the fine a form of economic extortion,...

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Show threadMatt Gemmell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Apr 25, 2025
Seems like just recently that “White House says” meant a statement of decency and tolerance and statesmanship. Now, and potentially for the foreseeable future, “White House says” means, hey, here’s the latest semi-coherent, adolescent vitriol from the fascist mouthpiece of a failed democracy that’s the shame of the developed world.
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The interpretation of "White House says” is often dependent on one's affiliation. Abjuration of party politics is useful here.

Apr 25, 2025 at 11:11amWeb