It’s reportedly his first meeting with Trump since the election.

I used to like him. I worked for the company when he took over. On the first day in the driver’s seat, he sent an email to all employees stating that the policy on company-matched donations to charities was being expanded. I can’t remember the details, but it was something about adding charities that SJ considered too political or something (SJ liked to keep the brand away from controversy, which is why you’ve never been able to get a porn app in the App Store).

I thought it was a classy way of signaling to everyone, “I’m in charge now.” I really had a lot of respect for Tim Apple as a result.

The way he’s fucked things around for third party developers with the App Store tax and locking down what developers can build has been so tone-deaf in the last however many years that Apple released a breakthrough hardware device (Vision Pro) and it’s basically useless because no one wants to build for it. I know that he’s sucking up to ensure that the admin favors his company’s needs wrt manufacturing in China, but it’s still a feckless move. Fuck Tim Apple. He’s part of the problem now. Not like Ol’ Lonnie or Zuck, but still a problem.

I remember when I liked him better when I liked him better.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        13 days ago

        Two take aways from that. One, Trump does not understand why any company would not be named after its founder. Two, Trump has never created a successful company that he ever stepped down from or been trusted enough to take over someone else’s company. Well, he torpedoed the USFL, which wasn’t named after him.

        • David J. Shourabi Porcel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          13 days ago

          Intelligent analysis I concur with and thank you for. I sometimes wonder what myths our flawed present may pass down to our uncertain future. Who knows? After two millennia, our descendants might think of Trump the way we conceive of Narcissus while they recall the new flood myths we are delivering them.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      14 days ago

      Ha! Writer was probably hungry and just thought of food when apple came to mind and then remembered he needed to cook something. The brain is a crazy thing.

      Tim Apple is really proving to be a follower and not a leader. Pretty lame move Mr. Apple.

      Can you imagine being that rich and still having to suck dick?

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        94·
        14 days ago

        Tim Apple is gay, so he’s probably fine with sucking dick at any networth. Not sure that’s the insult you intended it to be.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    74·
    14 days ago

    This year provided a great primer for all of us asleep in the industry on what our leadership’s objectives really are. It cut through the bullshit like a razor. We should remember it for the years to come. I sincerely hope it’s taken millions of heads out of asses.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.eeEnglish
    62·
    13 days ago

    ANOTHER Billionaire CEO visiting Trump at Mar A Lago now that he’s President Elect? I can SMELL the Fresh Flowers growing in that Former Swamp because OBVIOUSLY this ISNT Corrupt at all!

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      341·
      13 days ago

      The equivalent of dukes, barons and other modern nobility need to pay tribute to the new king. It’s a tradition as old as humanity itself.

      Those goes back to the concept of anacyclosis, or social cycle theory. After democracy comes ochlocracy, concentration of wealth and demagogues, what turns into a form of monarchy.

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    435·
    13 days ago

    I’m not sure why anyone is shocked and/or outraged by CEOs of American companies paying a visit to the guy who is going to be running the country.

    CEOs of various companies meet the President all the time.

    • affiliate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      13 days ago

      i think it’s because none of the CEOs really wanted to play ball with him last time. but this time they are way more afraid of him

    • Grangle1@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      13 days ago

      Bingo. This gives no indication of what they discussed or what said CEOs actually think of him. Basically just routine politics to ensure they don’t get on his bad side regardless.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
      71·
      13 days ago

      SJ was said to have been asked by Obama how to bring back production and answered that it wasn’t coming back. But I honestly believe that was more about a president bringing business leaders to a meeting to try to gather information and this is absolutely just kissing the ring. They aren’t the same because Trump is different from every other president we’ve ever had.

  • kayazere@feddit.nlEnglish
    383·
    13 days ago

    Remember when Tim Cook told someone’s mom to just by an iPhone in order to access iMessage. True colors coming out there, total douche bag.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    22·
    13 days ago

    Let me guess, discussing the implementation of this? But this time instead of concerts, its at peaceful protests…

    (Its an apple patent that allows iPhone cameras to be remotely disabled upon detection of a signal)

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      12 days ago

      Couldn’t you just put a filter on for that spectrum and it would never trigger the sensor?

      Still terrible and should never happen, but it seems like it’d be easy to bypass and would be ripe with 3rd party vendors.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        If they are actually doing this, it wouldn’t be with IR lights, it’d be a radio signal. And they would also make the “airplane mode” be not really turn off the radio, but it would still be listening for signals passively, but emitting no signals (so you can’t detect that fact its listening passively). Then cops can turn on a radio broadcast to nearby phones with a “Disable Camera and Microphone functions” message. Any phone that pick it up will disable those functions.

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          12 days ago

          Ah that does make more sense.

          Time to make a Faraday cage bag that can expose the camera without exposing the radio. If that’s even possible. A cage with a big hole seems… not a cage lol.