Tim Apple, Nazi sympathizer.
Apple is once again advertising on X after more than a year
Submitted 2 months ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mihies@programming.dev 2 months ago
That ring, it feels nice to kiss it - Tim Apple
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Apple is just like the rest of big tech. They tried to play it as if they were the liberal ethical one, but in the end all these private corpos are just the same.
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Bill Gates only got a worse rap because he was more successful
SuluBeddu@feddit.it 2 months ago
Actually about Gates, does anyone know about his stance on the current fascist takeover?
Engywuck@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I guess a lot of good people will ditch Apple now, right? RIGHT?
Cypher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I did only a quick search really but couldn’t find if any major android phone manufacturers had stopped advertising on there?
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
FOSS alternatives exist for many Android devices. Apple goes to great lengths to block every alternative on all hardware that isn’t mac. I’ve been on iOS since the 3G, but have just purchased an older pixel to start migrating apps and data to GrapheneOS.
There is no negotiating with fascists.
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 2 months ago
The best option is GrapheneOS on Pixel devices.
thejml@lemm.ee 2 months ago
For other potentially worse manufacturers. I hate how far it’s all gone, but even buying a used/secondhand device is empowering the prior own to support one of these manufacturers.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wow and I thought this slave-labor corporation really cared… \s \s \s
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How quickly most companies have walked back all of the “moral” stances they have taken over the last few years, all within just a few weeks of the political winds changing, should be a lesson to everyone that there is no such thing as an ethical publicly traded company.
They will do what they think will make the most money from the shareholders, no matter what. If you want them too “pay”, the only choice is to stop giving them money.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If anyone ever pays any attention to a company’s posturing and dewy eyes they are truly naive. It is just pandering at best. It is why I want them to be honest and cut out all of the “We celebrate group _____” and all that and just be honest. “We want to increase our stock price by 5 cents.” The best they can be is neutral. A small private company can be positive though.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m looking for silver linings and I suppose the marketing people at these companies are much less stressed to have to keep Googling, “how to pretend to give a shit about fellow humans” every time they need to produce a few hundred characters.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What the FUCK, Apple?!
lengau@midwest.social 2 months ago
You sound surprised…
Slax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I wonder if they will trash Pride.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least the mask is off. Apple, Google, Meta. None of them care about anything but profit and there isn’t a value they aren’t willing to compromise on if it makes the line go up.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 months ago
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Imagine believing that these companies ever work masks.
Snapz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Next up is Tim apple announcing his conversion therapy was successful and that he will now be marrying a blonde fox news anchor on the white house lawn. He’ll then run for Lindsey Graham’s senate seat and carry on the tradition of being the most closeted man in the Senate… And the world.
When Lindsey Graham was asked who his first lady would be should he ever win the presidency, he replied… “My sister”.
Just can’t take those swinging bachelors off the market… one at a time ladies.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 months ago
All in bed together. Didn’t they both attend Mar A Lago? No way they’re going to separate.
aarRJaay@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Cowards
Waldschrat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmmmm, money
AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Trying to get on president musk’s good side
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Money talks and even flat earthers and antivaxx trolls have money.
SuluBeddu@feddit.it 2 months ago
Actually last time I checked apple did their keynotes mentioning the environment and stuff, greenwashing their choices… I’m curious what they’ll do now.
Just like Tesla, they might have saturated their liberal userbase, I wouldn’t be too surprised if they took a more “neutral” stance
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Neutral in this instance being pro fascist
WeepingAngel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Which phone brand is recommendable at the moment? Fairphone uses android, which can hardly be trusted.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Google Pixel + GrapheneOS
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
also, idk how true this is, but ive seen that google sells pixels at a loss when they’re on sale (they expect to make back the money by spying on you)
so if you were to get a pixel while it’s on sale and install grapheneos on it, not only would you get a nice phone with a secure os, but you’d do so while costing google money. win win win!
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do things like banking and MFA apps work? I have to have Duo for work
WeepingAngel@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Well, the point is I do not trust either. I am on apple now, but my experience with android is that there are apps you cannot uninstall.
On the other hand I have once tried a custom rom, but it was not a great experience. I do think I will need to try this again.
Bogasse@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Yeah, the most “free” option is probably android custom ROMs (anything based on lineageos, I suppose).
There are alternatives that are slowly building up, such as postmarketos, but it’s not production ready.
I think KaiOS was a thing for a while, and it’s based on FirefoxOS. But you would have to ditch the confort of a real smartphone and I’m not sure it’s still active?
Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy. I dont think its perfect but its about as good as it gets. Otherwise you can buy a google phone and degoogle it with Graphene
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy
no they don’t. the default Fairphone OS runs stock Android with all Google apps. there are degoogled custom ROMs available, and you can buy some models with it preinstalled, but those are managed by third party resellers/partners.
Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
You can install /e/ on the Fairphone
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 months ago
or CalyxOS if you’re not too fond of knockoff iOS UI.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Apple never was, and never will be not an evil company so why the surprise? Of course they do.
Freefall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bend the knee
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 months ago
I don’t get how this is even worth writing an article about.
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because they, a company that markets itself as free thinking, are supporting a platform run by a Nazi.
Willowthewisp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
There’s tons of pictures of Tim hanging out with trump so I think it’s pretty obvious.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It never was free thinking.
It styled itself in that way to capture the upper-middle class market segment of people who wanted to use technology but couldn’t be bothered to learn how
Like every tech company, they sell you the ability to access the fruits of technology in exchange for your privacy and, in doing so, ensure you never have the motivation to learn how to do it yourself.
Want to watch a movie? Don’t worry about learning about media files, players, codecs, etc. Just install this spyware on your phone and pay us
$9$12$15$19.99/mo and you’ll never have to learn.You’re already on Lemmy, so most of you understand the stakes of signing up for corporate mediated technology. Just don’t use their products.
hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I can’t help but feel that a lot of companies would have been better off just staying out of controversial issues only tangentially related to their business.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The one silver lining about the new US administration is that it has helped undermine some fundamental notions around American exceptionalism.
American oligarchs are not that different from oligarchs in other countries.
Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Its been wonderful purging all my american owned crap from my smart speakers to reddit. Looking forward to getting a linux desktop for the first time in nearly 10 years!
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed, moving away from American tech stuff is becoming a priority.
American oligarchs are no better than the oligarchs who work with putin or Xi. Perhaps even worse because they tend much more dishonest in their rhetoric (constant pompous rants about “changing the world for the better”).
rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
If your last time using Linux was 10 years ago you’re going to be SO PLEASED at how good it is now.
Cosmo_IV@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just switched over to Linux Mint and, while it’s not perfect, it’s so much better than windows.
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Did you replace your smart speaker or you don’t use one at all?
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, I don’t think it’s any particular election. I also don’t think those companies were somehow more liberal when Democrats were in power. But it’s a really bad tendency that they gradually lick the boot more and more. It means they are big enough to be controlled and threatened, and it means governmental overreach is strong enough.