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"Apple's reputation intact after negative tax avoidance press" American's despise our government nearly as much as we do the corporations which run it. Given that the 99% are every bit as greedy and stupid as the 1% who own us but considera…
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When a corporation wins, its customers lose.
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Advertising is the vilest of crap. The only thing dumber than doing something stupid because everyone else has done so is refusing to do something intelligent because everyone else has done so.
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The Walton family has been a scourge on just and fair labor practice in America. Five minutes with a search engine will teach you more about their corruption, greed, and selfishness than you ever wanted to know about anything or anyone. Supporti…
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The destructive working conditions in Apple's factories have deserved and gotten lots of attention. Walmart makes Foxconn look like day care for rich kids. Ethically, the only significant difference between the two is that Walmart buys Cong…
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Mom twists her neck toward the back seat and snarls, "Don't make me stop this court room!" Greed makes people so very, very stupid. The pathetic antics of people who've convinced themselves the purpose of life is wealth would be funny if th…
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A so-called democracy which allows its alleged representatives to give tax breaks to one of the most profitable corporations on the planet should not be surprised to find itself bankrupt, and no one who does business with a corporation that achiev…
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"Apple accused of sidestepping taxes" The legal abstraction we call a "corporation" was created, in large part, to enable the wealthy to avoid paying taxes. To focus on any individual corporation is to completely miss the point. Like …
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Precious yet tedious. Cloying yet cold. Offensive in the all-too-common assumption that modern celebrities are models for anything other than narcissism and a pathetic, doomed obsession with popularity. But more to the point? A blatant, arroga…
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"The height of such a device would be roughly the same width as the current iPad."
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The one thing seldom mentioned in these sorts of comparisons is that Windows-only products have absolutely no appeal to many of us. Their whole ecosystem is limited and limiting. Microsoft has yet to produce a credible OS for a handheld, Android…
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As Apple improves working conditions in Chinese factories, they move their retail employees toward what could eventually be a sweatshop model.
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Quote: Originally Posted by cvaldes1831 I will point out that the factories that build Apple products are not run by Apple. The factory workers are employees of other companies like Foxconn (Hon Hai), Pegatron, etc. Are you implying that corpo…
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Given that absolute power corrupts absolutely, no sane person would regard this as good news. Big = Bad.
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The Hagiography of Jobs has gone beyond tedious. "Steve Jobs didn't like blue socks." "Steve Jobs adored marmalade." "Steve Jobs though hot tubs were tacky." There is no journalism in the 21st century, is there? Just the endless churn of cel…
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I trekked off to the local shrine of to buy one but so loathed the UI I departed empty handed, not feeling the need for any more ugly complexity in my life. It felt like trying on cheap shoes. Really? A screen the size of a wall, and I'm supp…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram After about a week with it, I have to agree that the new UI grates. I miss the simplicity and subtlety of the previous one. Interestingly, however, my kids (both teenagers) prefer the new UI. Can't…
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Welcome to America in decline, a sad culture where, desperate for crumbs, the state bribes the corporations which own it.
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Consider that our media don't exist to inform or entertain us. They exist neither to lie nor to tell the truth. The primary purpose of all modern media is to sell advertising, and that's achieved by getting and keeping peoples' attention by any mea…
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$850. Wow. That's? what? The average plutocrat's weekly manicure budget for his/her left thumb? This struck me as a very reasonable price for the definition of "unlimited," and so I was inspired to purchase the definition of "two years" on eBa…