georgie01

The biggest shame here is that so many in the population do not see how leaders lying ‘for the greater good’ has become increasingly acceptable. The blatant lying and hypocrisy of politicians such as AOC (and many others, she just seems to be the queen) is simultaneously laughable and depressing, and these people truly believe that it is righteous and justified. There have always been people like that of course, but it’s increased exponentially in recent years.

There are not many of our leaders (politicians, tech companies, etc.) who value truth. Most believe truth gets in the way of the their agenda, and the population is basically idiots who need the truth sanitised for their own good.

And it’s a shame that enough of the population has submitted to that mentality where it’s nearly an inescapable reality.

seankill said:

Can't believe some of you are complaining about a minimum of 15% tax? Seems almost low for one of the most profitable companies in the world.

It’s a shame we’ve gotten to the point where 15% tax is seen by anyone as ‘low’. Low relatively, perhaps, but a government that needs even 15% is already failing with bloat and inefficiency. 

Fun to think about and remember.

flydog said:

kurai_kage said:

It sounds to me like they are sour grapes about Apple rendering their band product irrelevant, and are taking every step possible to frighten Apple into a high dollar settlement. 

And that’s a bad thing?  You’d do things differently if you ran AliveCor?

It’d be nice if everyone would do things differently. Once upon a time, not even that long ago, people (in general) had morals and character even in business. But then moral relativity developed more and more influence which led to people judging the rightness of things, including business, based on their feelings. And so we are at a point where people justify manipulative behaviour by others because they’re ‘just trying to save their business’.

We should recognise when our usefulness has run its course. It sucks but nothing lasts forever. We should handle it with character and regroup and work toward building another solution.

A deliberate attempt to spin something totally normal as if it was evil.

People who care about the products they develop will protect their work. Why would Apple port something they perceive as valuable to a competitor’s product if it won’t help their own business in some way? Altruism may be a reason, but if every business was judged by their altruistic output then nearly every one would fall short to some degree, most certainly including Epic.