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Apple TV renovation could kill iTunes Movies app in December

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October 2023

TV is a weird app. It almost feels like it should be the default screen of tvOS instead of an app, since it's consolidating content, and is designed as the primary use case of the entire device. I'd much prefer it if I could turn on my AppleTV and the first screen I see is Continue Watching, and Up Next, and all that stuff, with all other apps below.

Apple's 'carbon neutral' claims are misleading, say EU groups

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October 2023

Xed said:

twolf2919 said:

Honkers said:

mjtomlin said:

do they not understand what carbon neutral means? It means you do something to offset the carbon emissions you produce. You effectively “wipe out” the carbon you put into the atmosphere.

Do you not understand that such "offsets" are very frequently tantamount to meaningless virtue signalling given that they capture very little carbon? The article talks about it, give it a proper read.

Apple talks a big game about good things that they do, and some of their initiatives genuinely sound great, but if their carbon neutral claims are being majorly bolstered by buying permits to pollute then that's the definition of greenwashing.

Going solely by the article, I don't agree that Apple is guilty of greenwashing or virtue signaling. Apple is a product company and manufacturing any good has environmental consequences. If Apple pays for trees to be planted which offset the carbon released by the manufacture and use of its products, that's a good thing and people should be buying its products instead of competitors' if those competitors do not take this positive step. Whether those carbon offsets are 'high quality' is a separate issue. If Apple has those trees planted on land it owns and then goes ahead and cuts those trees for pulp production, I'd say Apple is guilty of greenwashing. But if Apple pays a third party to plant those trees on their land with a promise that those trees will not be cut down - and then the third party does anyway, is that really Apple's fault? I'd say no. Apple bought those credits in good faith. The story doesn't give enough detail to form an informed opinion.

You have to remember that "virtue signaling" is the dog whistle for people that lack a moral compass or any real concern for anything outside their own, narrow interest. Seeing the planet in which they live as being something that needs to be protected is so far outside their scope that they can't see that this could affect them in their lifetime or their family's lifetime. It's usually a whirlwind of narcissism, laziness, and ignorance.

Triggered much?

Virtue signalling is also a legitimate way to describe people or companies that attempt to manipulate causes to their own marketing ends without actually contributing to the cause all that much at all. That's exactly how carbon offsets are used by many cynical companies to clean up their reputation with minimal actual effort or outlay.

Are Apple one of those? I don't think so, certainly not entirely, they have many good initiatives that convince me that they do actually walk the walk in many ways. But that doesn't mean I'll give them a pass for selling the carbon offset story as a sign of how great they are when it's a greenwash.

Apple's 'carbon neutral' claims are misleading, say EU groups

Honkers

October 2023

Xed said:

Honkers said:

mjtomlin said:

do they not understand what carbon neutral means? It means you do something to offset the carbon emissions you produce. You effectively “wipe out” the carbon you put into the atmosphere.

Do you not understand that such "offsets" are very frequently tantamount to meaningless virtue signalling given that they capture very little carbon? The article talks about it, give it a proper read.

Apple talks a big game about good things that they do, and some of their initiatives genuinely sound great, but if their carbon neutral claims are being majorly bolstered by buying permits to pollute then that's the definition of greenwashing.

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Don’t poke your eye out.

Apple's 'carbon neutral' claims are misleading, say EU groups

Honkers

October 2023

mjtomlin said:

do they not understand what carbon neutral means? It means you do something to offset the carbon emissions you produce. You effectively “wipe out” the carbon you put into the atmosphere.

Do you not understand that such "offsets" are very frequently tantamount to meaningless virtue signalling given that they capture very little carbon? The article talks about it, give it a proper read.

Apple talks a big game about good things that they do, and some of their initiatives genuinely sound great, but if their carbon neutral claims are being majorly bolstered by buying permits to pollute then that's the definition of greenwashing.