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82 points thunderbong | 8 comments | | HN request time: 0.437s | source | bottom
1. bastard_op ◴[] No.42199956[source]
They're waiting for big daddy Trump to overturn it, he'll do anything for a dollar.
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2. talldayo ◴[] No.42200070[source]
I've always loved the flavor of Apple's dissonant marketing. Invest in progressive advertisement that puts educated liberal customers in the back of your pocket, while wining-and-dining Donald Trump behind closed doors. It wouldn't be insidious if it didn't work flawlessly.
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4. lxgr ◴[] No.42200181[source]
Assuming your assumptions are true: Where's the cognitive dissonance?
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5. talldayo ◴[] No.42200197{3}[source]
You don't have to assume anything: https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/trump-says-he-is-...

The cognitive dissonance is that "Mother Nature" would not fraternize with a company that treats oil barons like welcome bedfellows. The progressive marketing image that Apple promotes is insanely dilapidated when cross-examining the values they promote in real life.

> Assuming they have something like morality seems absurd.

That's the ultimate grab-bag defense of morally indefensible businesses. You could say that about Meta or Google but I'll be damned if they don't have dissonant marketing too.

It's not worth taking this personally when I'm just highlighting a proven fact. Apple could sell liberal customers a concealed firearm, and they'd all rush out to buy it because MKBHD and Snazzy Labs said it fired nicely compared to the Glock 18.

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6. lxgr ◴[] No.42200208{4}[source]
That seems more like a cognitive dissonance some people might have about Apple then, not one of Apple.

I personally use their products but have absolutely no illusions about them somehow being "the good guys". They're a for-profit corporation with interests and aesthetic preferences that sometimes do, and sometimes don't, overlap with mine. Assuming they have something like morality seems absurd.

7. from-nibly ◴[] No.42200217[source]
There is no dissonance with Apple only their customers.
8. malshe ◴[] No.42200945[source]
The concluding paragraph from the article is this, suggesting there is no guarantee that Trump will drop the suit:

"The wildcard, of course, is that a new administration will soon take over, with President-elect Donald Trump’s DOJ continuing the case argued by the agency under President Joe Biden. But Trump and likely members of his administration have dubbed “Big Tech” a persistent enemy, and Trump’s DOJ brought suits against other tech companies in his first term — so Apple likely can’t count on a reprieve."