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georgie01 said:

I suspect (or hope) Apple would leave these areas of business in China before completely sacrificing their ideals.

It’s a company. It doesn’t have ideals. Only people have ideals, and they can be bought quite easily.

blastdoor said:

If people in China don't like it, they can change their government. 

>no guns
>no speech
>no voting
>no association
>dissent is punished by execution

“LOL just, like, change the government ha ha”

mac_dog said:

STFU!

Not even remotely an argument. Steve Jobs explicitly said, “We think we do enough for the city just by paying our taxes.” There is absolutely no obligation (or excuse) for Apple to pick up the government’s slack. On the note of taxes and the proportion paid by Apple, all property taxes should be abolished. 1. They’re not constitutional. 2. Replace them with a land tax. Taxing land means that PEOPLE ARE NOT PUNISHED FOR WORKING TO IMPROVE THEIR NATION. If I build onto my house, I’m punished. If I keep my lot clean and my house’s facade maintained, I am punished. IF I LET MY LOT GO TO RUIN AND MY HOUSE CRUMBLE, I AM FINANCIALLY REWARDED WITH LOWER TAXES. This is mental illness that absolutely no one not in on the scam can possibly defend. This is the subsidized ruination of entire countries.

The city of Cupertino can either stop having communist delusions or it can live within its means. What we’re seeing here, humorously enough, is a soft form of anarcho-capitalism filling the hole inevitably left by communism. Fortunately for the world, neither of those works in the end. California’s in for a huge correction, soon enough.

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

If Apple were serious about Metal, they would have released it on Windows and Linux.

That’s dumb. Apple has 250 billion or so in cash, however. Why they can’t make an agreement with these companies to lend out Apple engineers? The engineers would help the third parties rewrite their software to take advantage of Apple’s new products and technologies. Look, we know that these companies don’t care about modernizing anything. Hell, corporate environments themselves hate updating software in the first place. So if Apple wants people* to use their new technologies, they’ll have to be proactive about getting third parties to update their software, rather than simply expecting them to do it.

*People meaning “professional software companies”, which admittedly Apple doesn’t give a shit about anymore since they really only make currency off people who don’t know where the power switch is on their computer.

mikethemartian said:

Seems more like the Mac is irrelevant to the industry they serve.

Didn’t used to be. Thanks, Apple.

foregoneconclusion said:

This type of thing is for enthusiasts only, i.e., people that enjoy computer troubleshooting. People that just blithely say "it works great" aren't telling the truth. 

It’s two clicks more than a regular install and it works perfectly. Don’t say things you don’t understand.