I understand what Tim Cook is doing, but when you give photo ops with totalitarian figures you give them more power, not less. You make them normal. This is the same thing jimmy fallon did. Why you would want to give that power to a "race-baiting xenophobic bigot" is beyond me. Apple could be working their side in the background. They do not need to give drump photo ops. I mean they are punting F'ing kids in cages while Tim Cook is joking around with the man who loves that it's happening. Normalizing this behavior is not good for America.
As John Gruber said on the last Talk Show podcast “He’s a bean Counter” he will suck up to dictators and demogoges to keep the stock price up. He wants Trump to keep tariffs low and H1B visas up.
Incorrect, it isn’t about stock price. Apple has repeatedly demonstrated they don’t manage to the stock price. They are focused on product (delighting the customer) and profit (which follows).
So what customer delight arises from sucking up to dictators and demagogues?
Of course Cook cares about the stock valuation, it doesn't have to be the only thing he cares about.
I understand what Tim Cook is doing, but when you give photo ops with totalitarian figures you give them more power, not less. You make them normal. This is the same thing jimmy fallon did. Why you would want to give that power to a "race-baiting xenophobic bigot" is beyond me. Apple could be working their side in the background. They do not need to give drump photo ops. I mean they are punting F'ing kids in cages while Tim Cook is joking around with the man who loves that it's happening. Normalizing this behavior is not good for America.
As John Gruber said on the last Talk Show podcast “He’s a bean Counter” he will suck up to dictators and demogoges to keep the stock price up. He wants Trump to keep tariffs low and H1B visas up.
You heard it wrong. Gruber said that's a narrative one often hears, but he specifically said he doesn't subscribe to it and believes it to be wrong.
I understand what Tim Cook is doing, but when you give photo ops with totalitarian figures you give them more power, not less. You make them normal. This is the same thing jimmy fallon did. Why you would want to give that power to a "race-baiting xenophobic bigot" is beyond me. Apple could be working their side in the background. They do not need to give drump photo ops. I mean they are punting F'ing kids in cages while Tim Cook is joking around with the man who loves that it's happening. Normalizing this behavior is not good for America.
As John Gruber said on the last Talk Show podcast “He’s a bean Counter” he will suck up to dictators and demogoges to keep the stock price up. He wants Trump to keep tariffs low and H1B visas up.
Incorrect, it isn’t about stock price. Apple has repeatedly demonstrated they don’t manage to the stock price. They are focused on product (delighting the customer) and profit (which follows).
So what customer delight arises from sucking up to dictators and demagogues?
Of course Cook cares about the stock valuation, it doesn't have to be the only thing he cares about.
Please quote where I said they pay no mind whatsoever to the stock price. Hint: I didn't.
But again, managing to the stock price (that is, as primary driver) is not how Apple operates. They manage for delighting the customer via superior product. This controversy has nothing to do with that primary driver.
Cook has his eye on small things, nothing big? That’s not a very exciting statement...Apple like any other consumer oriented tech firm needs excitement! AAPL drops a few percentage points...
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Of course Cook cares about the stock valuation, it doesn't have to be the only thing he cares about.
But again, managing to the stock price (that is, as primary driver) is not how Apple operates. They manage for delighting the customer via superior product. This controversy has nothing to do with that primary driver.