Bret CarmichaelAs a company that has long boasted about its commitment to principles, Apple has had a bad several months. It removed ICE Block from the App Store. It let X remain, empowering its users to create child porn, which is apparently “free speech” now. After two American citizens were killed by ICE, Tim Cook responded by attending a special screening of the Melania documentary. It’ll be hard to believe that Apple believes anything it says after all this. When principles mattered, Apple collapsed.
Andrew Deacon@bretcarmichael A question that could be asked is, are any of Apples senior executives in the Epstein files? it would explain a lot.
@aadeacon I think the real driver is that Apple is acting in the fiduciary interests of shareholders. The company may believe that Apple's reputation and Cook's reputation are separate; that Cook can retire when Trump leaves, and the problem is solved. The problem is, Apple — the company — will be on the wrong side of history. Principles are just words when one is not willing to sacrifice anything in their service.
Grovewest@bretcarmichael @aadeacon True but protecting the fiduciary interests of shareholders is always a given. What is driving this is so far Apple has had reprieves and exemptions on Trump U.S. tariffs for Apple products made in China. They seemingly bought those with a three figure billion dollar pledge to invest in the US so the exemptions of just them do not to appear blatantly ‘socialist’. Apple hopes to stay out of the fray so it can continue to ignore that pledge.