A strongly worded letter
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athairmor@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Send Apple feedback. They need to hear how unpopular working with Trump will make them.
GaryGhost@lemmy.world 5 months ago
artyom@piefed.social 5 months ago
How much “feedback” do you think it will take to make them contradict the vindictive sitting President? Apple doesn’t care about what you think about this because it’s not for you.
You know what you can do? Stop giving them money. Write them an email from your iCloud account, then delete said account. Cancel any subscriptions (this seemed to be effective against Disney).
The fed gov holds too much power. You have to show them that Americans, collectively, have more power to affect their bottom line than the Pres, and (most importantly) are willing to exercise it.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 5 months ago
Apple fans are not that type of person, though. They’re better than everyone else, and so is their owning entity! They can do no wrong, this app was obviously guilty of doxxing cops …
quackerjo@lemmy.wtf 5 months ago
The only people worse than Apple fans, are Apple haters.
Because I see a lot of vocal Apple haters on Lemmy, just shitting all over Apple users, but I rarely see Apple users here shitting on Android or anything else.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Here come the devil’s advocates, good lord that is something I don’t miss from Reddit.
Wake up call! Apple doesn’t need you defending it. It is okay to shit on them. This isn’t about fairness so please take you tired schtick somewhere else.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
They kind of got that rep though for defending things people saw as anti consumer such as soldered ram, limited, storage, and blocking installation of non Apple apps. Always going Apple knows best and its for security.
Not exactly the group known for demanding more, but ones who are mor3 complacent.
I’m an Apple owner too with MacMini and iPad so these criticisms of Apple users isn’t coming from a no Apple products hater.
aquovie@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
Apple is the trend setter. The avant garde. If Apple does it, soon everyone will be doing it. If you see Apple doing something shitty, you need to nip that in the bud right quick.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 5 months ago
lol you’re just plain wrong on that. Apple fans these days are like you: They make fun of everyone outside of their group instead of the products themselves, because you all understand you won’t ever be winning an objective argument.
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I use a iPhone, my mom and dad (may he rest in peace) were already using them and wanted to use the family features on them to keep my brother and me safe. I didn’t choose to be in the ecosystem, I was just placed in it.
I also just have no reason to talk shit on android users because I know many of them are like me. Just placed into the ecosystem by parents, since their parents used them. Also just who really gives that much of a fuck? It’s a phone, it’s a laptop or earbuds or whatever. Largely things that people just need in the modern world, and it’s easy to stick with what you know and what’s easy to use.
artyom@piefed.social 5 months ago
Well I was going to pretend not to be a pessimist but realistically, no group of people is “that type of person”, which is why we’re all so helpless. People are addicted to their favorite platforms and there’s nothing you or the platforms can do to make them leave.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 5 months ago
Microsoft might prove that one wrong if they keep enshittifying Windows.
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
OR stop buying ANY of their products
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, but also make it clear why you are leaving. And as dirty as it feels, don’t tell them their actions are irredeemable and they’ve lost you for life.
If you tell them you’ll never come back no matter what, then they no longer have to care about your opinion. You’re essentially telling them that they should start catering more-heavily to the fascists now that the only potential customers don’t mind them bending the knee.
disablist@lemdro.id 5 months ago
YesYes, being vocal and public your cancelation/leaving is really important to make clear why this is happening.
F_State@midwest.social 5 months ago
or both
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
If you are still using an apple phone in times like these then you are not taking your life serious enough. Big techs power will absolutely fuck things up in the coming purge and people are totally unprepared for it.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How does one prepare for it without sitting around being a bored luddite all day? Idk how to tell you this, but the rot is total, and Americans simply aren’t willing to meet the moment
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Can you not have fun without big tech platforms? There is so much stuff out there to do. So many hobbies both digital and physical to entertain yourself with.
For tech things there is the open source nerds that continue to make it possible to remove the influence of our tech overlords from our lives while still making use of the hardware we already have.
For climate change there are local groups in many cities (at least in Germany) with the specific idea of creating future proof communities that will survive supply chain collapse for food, water, electricity, etc.
athairmor@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, both, really.
Make sure they know you won’t be buying their process anymore because of these policies.
socialsecurity@piefed.social 5 months ago
If people actually do this, they would find out next quarter
But everyone loves talking big but keeps using these corpos products
kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I, for one, have never used any of their shit.
Don’t project.
obinice@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re based in the USA, they have to work with the government or they’ll be targeted/taken over/shut down, surely?
They could try to escape the USA and move all their operations to Europe, but I think they’re just going to stick where they are and do whatever the fascists want them to do. So long as they’re getting paid why should they care?
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It would be better for the economy to commit suicide than to comply, and we as consumers have the power to make them if only we organizd
aquovie@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
They had no problem standing up to the FBI when they knew the Constitution still worked. It’s not bravery when it doesn’t cost you anything and there’s nothing to be afraid of. But now things are different and regular every day people don’t want to say it out. The implications make them uncomfortable.
Apple’s market share outside of the US is pretty pitiful. Even with their piles of money, it would hurt.