…yahoo.com/…/apple-is-back-on-trumps-good-side-th…
“The move comes after Trump threatened to place a 25% tariff on Apple’s iPhones made overseas and in the face of a potential 100% tariff on semiconductors.”
Pussies
Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.
Submitted 8 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://files.catbox.moe/1fz7mq.mp4
Comments
july@leminal.space 8 months ago
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 months ago
His name really is Tim Apple now.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 8 months ago
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m sure this has been pointed out before, but it’s very appropriate that the video for “This is America” was shot in an abandoned factory building.
13igTyme@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t get why people are NOW saying he’s trying to appease trump. He’s been doing it for years. He was front row at his inauguration right next to other billionaires.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 months ago
So, where are y’all going to hang your mandatory Trump portraits?
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 months ago
At the far end of my firing range.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
So, where are y’all going to hang
your mandatoryTrump.portraits?MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
i kinda like how they dealt with gaddafi. i think thats the way to go.
Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
And start practicing goose stepping for the invasion force parades.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Seems like someone is worried about tariffs on iPhones. Sadly, this will probably work too.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m not buying any more iPhones. I got used to them and just continued buying them. But no more.
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 8 months ago
I’m going from Android to Apple soon, because I’m finally totally over all the present day Android BS. Good luck, have fun.
Word to the wise: don’t buy anything less than a flagship. Older flagship if you’re wanting to save some money. Samsung is best. I’ve played around with all kinds of mid-tier Androids & it’s a frustrating experience. The phones just don’t work well for long. Motorola sucks ass, don’t even bother.
Kissaki@feddit.org 8 months ago
What do you mean by “don’t work well for long”?
I’ve been using my Sony Xperia phones for many years, without significant issues.
docoptix@lemmy.world 8 months ago
With the mid range Pixels you get a very polished and high quality Android I’d say.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You going to get the Trump phone, right!?
aceshigh@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Of course he has his own phone. Let me guess, it randomly charges your account and you can’t cancel the plan?
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Giving him a literal gold bar (though disguised as a stand) is stereotypical buying El Presidente Banana Republic bullshit.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Sounds like the US’ chickens coming home to roost. After creating those conditions with their CIA elsewhere for decades.
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I had to look it up: 24 karat is the purest form of gold. So yeah it’s a gold bar 100% lmfao
Demonmariner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Cook isn’t handling it like solid gold though (it looks too light). I bet it’s 24 karat gold plated zinc.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Now that’s pathetic. Whatever happened to apple? What was even the latest cool thing they did? Seems almost irrelevant now
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 8 months ago
The latest cool things they have done: they’ve stopped being whiny little bitches & made their iPhones USB-C, with pressure from the EU. They’ve finally adopted Google’s RCS messaging protocol, which should allow Apples & Androids to play nicely together in texting.
Both of these things were massively overdue; they were being arrogant & childish for years…
Last but certainly not least: iPhones 15 & up (I think) have FREE “satellite messaging”. If you’re out in bufu & you’ve got no signal, simply put your iPhone out with a clear view of the sky…and your text messages will be relayed, received via satellite. This is a safety feature, not everyone knows it’s a thing, and personally I think it’s very, very cool.
T-Mobile should also team up with Starlink so all T-Mo customers should get free satellite text messaging. Should. But modern iPhones have free emergency text messaging here & now; that’s worth more than any “Trust me, bro, it’s totally coming”.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 months ago
There’s nothing cool about Apple and never was. They’re just really good at advertising to people who don’t understand technology. You have always been able to get the same grade of technology for way cheaper by purchasing from elsewhere.
I’ve been an IT professional (as a job) for over 2 decades. I have had numerous jobs and worked with a lot of tech people. I have had exactly one fellow employee that liked Apple and that dude was straight out of high school and we hired him on as an intern at first and he knew basically nothing.
Apple is good at advertising and robbing people blind. That’s it.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Funny, I’ve been an IT professional for over 2 decades and most of my coworkers have used Macs for development and system administration.
TheMonk@lemmings.world 8 months ago
Didn’t you watch the video? They turned a gold bar into a “stand.” Truly revolutionary, Tim apple.
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Wait for the price tag on the upcoming golden monitor stand.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
In other countries this would be an criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ or not, it’s 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it’s 1-10 years of prison.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s criminal here too. But laws don’t matter anymore because the “party of law and order” decided to elevate a felon rapist pedophile.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In other countries this would be a criminal offense.
Dialing 911 and telling my local constabulary that the President is doing crimes. But then they just laugh at me and say “We’re all doing crimes! It’s the innocent people who get thrown in jail.”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Oh, this is 100% a criminal offense for any government employee that isn’t Donald Trump (or someone that he has decided to shield).
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Not sure if you know this but I find it fun to know so I’m going to share.
In English when deciding whether to use a or an you should look at the start of the following word and if it starts with a vowel sound then use an else use a.
Examples:
- An apple
- An hour (note doesn’t start with a vowel but sounds like a vowel)
- A goat
- A criminal offence
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
aaah i know this and normally don’t make this mistake, thank you very much tho, i will fix it right away 🫡
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
An hour
Note, this can differ by region. For example, “an historic …” is common in the UK, whereas it would be “a historic …” in the US due to accent differences.
drmoose@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The same loophole exists almost anywhere: “its a gift to white house or trumps library”
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 8 months ago
A set of shiny keys dangled in his face so he forgets about demanding a US-made Iphone.
atk007@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I guess Trump didn’t like the rimjob from Tim the first time.
Enkrod@feddit.org 8 months ago
Emperor Cheesar accepting gold tribute from his feudal vassal
arin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bribery is now not just legal, but mandatory
foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
All the people that surely criticized Musk at the time, would surely not criticize cook this time, because Apple fans… They have it in their hands
Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Imagine if the CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the world didnt bend over and spread cheeks for a cock so small Donald has to… employ the services of paedos like Jeffery Epstein…?
Donald is suspected of being a paedophile. Yet people still bend the knee like this. I tell you, when it finally comes out, I hope everyone remembers who was happy to continue kissing his ass. Fuck you, Tim.
SpoonyBard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What a fucking tool.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes he is, but that’s who you voted to lead 🤷🏻♂️
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 8 months ago
‘you’
bebabalula@feddit.dk 8 months ago
This is a bit like mark rutte calling Trump “daddy”. It’s completely inconsequential in actual reality but still feels so entirely wrong. And I don’t even know who should be most embarrassed, the bootlickers or Trump for being transparently narcissistic that everyone realizes bootlicking works
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
This is not inconsequential at all, it’s literally a bribe
MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Gift? You mean bribe.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Uhh acktchually its sparkling lobbying
nuko147@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It is a gift. The same gift that the Noble gave to their King, so they would not get replaced or loose power. It is a Hail to the King move.
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Yes this is a bribe. Period.
spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Is it a bribe or ransom? Trump is extracting favors by threat.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 8 months ago
OK let me play devil’s advocate for a moment: it’s the only language he speaks. There’s no discreet negotiations. You must stroke his ego.
Of course that’s still corporate cronyism.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yeah the real story here should be hey everyone, look how transparently easy it is to manipulate the President of the United States
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Cost of doing business in a country ruled by a dictator who LOVES shiny shit
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Is the 24 karat on Aluminum?
Demonmariner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
More likely zinc or brass.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Cook speaks Trump. Fluently.
subarctictundra@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I bet Apple has a Trump Mitigation Team
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
So now that apple bent the knee can people finally stop buying apple shit?
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dumb people buy Apple products, so they’ll probably keep buying them, because they’re dumb.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Google hasn’t “bent the knee”? 😏
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’m sure it has, but I don’t recall them publicly giving the Cheetos a gold trinket
xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
How about we make all tech ceos work in the cobalt mines instead of children
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just suck him off already, you fucks. Come on commit!
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Look at this move from a purely business perspective:
Give the toddler a shiny toy, toddler plays nicely.
And oh my fuck it’s such a cheap gift from the war chest of Apple’s bajillions. The real story is the Trump is too stupid to be insulted!
Been screaming for years, “PLAY this narcissistic fool!” Just wish world media and politicians and celebrities would get in the game. He’s a CHILD! PLAY HIM! Instead we got world leaders rolling over. Heysus.
Nah, not hating on Cook for making an hilariously logical move.
SpoonyBard@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Nah, it would have been way better (especially for literally everyone else) if they didn’t play at all.
Instead all the greediest people are realizing they can do this and they get all the things they want (so does Trump, along with more power) and it’s only at the expense of the entire American population (and the rest of the world too).
Fuck Cook. It isn’t clever. It’s literally greed. It’s not even that other people haven’t thought to do this, it’s that you have to be a total piece of shit to do this.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 months ago
trump loves anything that has gold on it, also its not solid gold because it would be too heavy for him to handle.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
It’s not solid gold because anything solid would be out of character for Apple. Note also the surface texture.
Furbag@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I already hate Apple products, so I can’t not buy them to make a statement about not supporting fascist loving corpo scum.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Google donated $1 million to the inauguration fund”
Will you stop using Google products, including Android and YouTube or are you just a hypocrite?
Furbag@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oh yes, let me protest this thing that just happened by throwing my Android-OS phone that I bought years ago away. That’ll show 'em.
You’re just as disingenuous and stupid as the morons on the right who smashed their Keurigs.
FYI, my next phone will probably be a Linux phone anyway and I hardly use YouTube at all these days, and when I do it’s with AdBlockers on, and I never gave a cent to them for premium, so I cost them money to use their platform if anything. If PeerTube or some other non-Google video hosting service could go mainstream, I’d use that in a heartbeat. I’ve de-Googled my life as much as I could reasonably be expected to, and this was before their CEO kissed the ring. So fuck off with your judgemental attitude.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is this another reference to piss play like last time?
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Why don’t they just transfer $200k directly to Trump?
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Such a disgusting display. Most normal people don’t want anything to do with rapists and child molesters, yet here’s Tim.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 8 months ago
~enthusiastic dick sucking noises~
Slovene@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Like in the grapefruit technique video.