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The Apple I Used to Know - Apple’s moral compass is broken and Tim Cook’s silence is the loudest symptom. (timemachiner.io)

submitted 4 weeks ago by MacStainless@piefed.social to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a company, designed to make money, how moral could it be?

[–] MacStainless@piefed.social 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Apple speaks out on social issues. Apple also does the opposite in its own interests these days because... you know why. In today's day Apple can't have it both ways.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago

Apple is hypocritical, and has been for 40 years.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

full stop. no corporation has ever had a moral compass. it's all PR

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Institutions and corporations that take stances on moral issues are folding under Trump and Putin. If Tim Cook stood against them on behalf of Apple, he would be replaced at the behest of shareholders.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

Could be a win win. We’d get a company standing up to Trump, and a new ceo who might actually give a shit about product design.

[–] baguette@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It didn't really start recently. The openness about it, sure. The constant effort in malicious compliance with open standards, new regulations, and consumer lock-in are derived from greed and are not new.

Apple have had some of the best technologist and designers, but for sure have had the best marketers. I doubt they'll manage to keep everyone on board on this new low, though.

I am happy I started quite a few years ago with moving away from Apple software (this is such an effort in itself because of the lock-in). I still have their devices, however, I am looking to replace them with alternatives when they need replacing.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

When Apple was the underdog they wanted open standards, and weren’t above reverse-engineering things like the DOCX format to make software. Hell, the original graphing calculator was written by a guy who’d been fired but kept working because it was a passion project.

Now that they’re dominant they want the same walled garden that they accused Microsoft of making 30 years ago.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 4 weeks ago

Apple has always been broken, but at a time it was good in comparison.