Dude why does everything have to be about money?

Why don't we celebrate Apple for having actual human values? I have a deep problem with many humans who just don't get it.

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6 days ago | parent | next [-]

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pxoe 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's legitimately a crazy thing to say about an extremely revenue driven company with a $3 trillion valuation. We can see their "human values" play out in real time as they court and bribe politicians.

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bigyabai 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Buddy, Tim Cook wasn't hired for his human values. He was hired because he could stomach suicide nets at Foxconn and North Korean slaves working in iPhone factories. He was hired because he can be friends with Donald Trump while America aids-and-abets a genocide and turns a blind eye to NSO Group. He was hired because he'd be willing to sell out the iPhone, iTunes and Mac for software services at the first chance he got. The last bit of "humanity" left Apple when Woz walked out the door.

If you ever thought Apple was prioritizing human values over moneymaking, you were completely duped by their marketing. There is no principle, not even human life, that Apple values above moneymaking.

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drewbeck 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I post this not for you directly, who has made up your mind completely, but for anyone else who might be interested in this question.

"Tim Cook, was asked at the annual shareholder meeting by the NCPPR, the conservative finance group, to disclose the costs of Apple’s energy sustainability programs, and make a commitment to doing only those things that were profitable.

Mr. Cook replied --with an uncharacteristic display of emotion--that a return on investment (ROI) was not the primary consideration on such issues. "When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind," he said, "I don't consider the bloody ROI." It was the same thing for environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas that don’t have an immediate profit. The company does "a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.""

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/03/07/why-tim...

	▲	bigyabai 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		"Deliver teary-eyed defense of your useless self-conducted audit" is probably the #1 job requirement for a marketing professional like Cook. If you're fully bought-into the rube who's handing Donald Trump a gold placard, then boy have I got some bridges to sell you...

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nebula8804 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The suicide nets started under Steve Jobs

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gOu50HaEvs

	▲	totetsu 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe openAI should be giving nets out to their users too.