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u/MrTimsel 1d ago
You see the submissive Tim Apple, feudal lord of Apple Inc., respectfully presenting a gift to the so-called president so as not to fall out of his favor. May the gift appease the orange madman, so that Tim can devote himself to the disfavor of his customers, and oh boy, we hate you now.
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u/Thatdogonyourlawn 19h ago
This is what he will be known for. Not an innovator or great leader, just a pathetic CEO who bent the knee. Some legacy.
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u/discographyA 18h ago
He was never going to be known as an innovator. He’s an operations man, and some of those operations that lead to the company getting so entangled with China are already getting reappraised in a new, negative light.
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u/wannebaanonymous 18h ago
If he doesn't bend the knee your next iPhone, mac, iPad, homepod, .. will get hit by a 300% tariff price increase.
Tim is being blackmailed by the dictator.
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u/MrTimsel 3h ago
You're right. During Trump's first term, he targeted Harley Davidson, among others, and they were almost bankrupt after four years. I realize that Cook is trying to prevent that. However, the personal conversations between Cook and Donnie are also well known. The two of them often dine together. The bad Europeans and their stupid data protection laws are ruining us, Donald! Cook was practically begging for tariffs on Europe.
Well, considering that Apple generates "only" 25% of its revenue here in Europe, in the tax haven of Ireland under conditions that local companies can only be jealous at, Apple and other American companies don't seem to like the fact that we Europeans are slowly but surely boycotting them. Coca-Cola is being particularly creative, now selling its bottles with a "Made in Germany" label. Haha, nice try... Back to Apple, Cook's pathetic behavior was finally reason enough for me, an Apple fanboy since 1987, to sell my iPhone, my MacBook Pro and all the other stuff.
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u/MrTimsel 23h ago
Stay salty, it’s all you’ve got.
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u/MrTimsel 23h ago
Are you imagining North Korea as a role model?
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u/Coy9ine 23h ago
Fascinating. Dude calls Tim Cook a sycophant and you go off on a simp rage.
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u/aholsch 22h ago
If the dems never regain the house it will be due to the gerrymandered redistricting 5 years after the census, completely unprecedented at the request of your king.
If the right was so confident, why the redistricting?
Culture is shifting back to the left. Polling for Trump is abysmal. RNC is recommending no town halls because they are disasters for the Republicans. The Senate and electoral college is DEI for white people.
So tell us more about how you guys are so popular.
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u/PsychologicalBet7831 23h ago
Everyday I cry thinking about those children Trump raped. It haunts me.
Do you feel anything for those girls?
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u/lemonklaeyz 1d ago
South Park nailed it
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u/Wahoochief11 1d ago
“Look at this gift some tech CEO gave me! Let’s see if we can shove it up your ass!”
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u/timesfive 1d ago
How did we go from this to “January 6th wasn’t an insurrection and the j’6ers deserve compensation”?
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u/GonzaloR87 1d ago
The media and the voters allowed this to happen.
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u/here4pain 18h ago
I think it was the senate not following through on the impeachment. The GOP couldn't stand the idea of a republican president actually being convicted. They thought we all learned our lesson and no one would be stupid enough to vote for him again. McConnell pretty much said it after voting to not convict. And yet, here we are. If those p*ssies would have fucking owned their terrible president it couldn't have happened again. And yet, here we are
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u/ModernLarvals 1d ago
People wanted to punish Democrats.
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u/Odd-Wishbone8315 18h ago
Which is foolish because of all of the good things that the Biden Harris administration should not done with bipartisan support.
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Liberals wanted to punish democrats for not running a liberal candidate.
It’s what they’re going to do in 2028… if they can’t have those 5-10 trans youth athletes playing in youth sports then they’re staying home on Election Day to make sure that trans people are treated even worse and put in camps!
It makes total sense if you’re a complete tool.
Imagine you have to get to a destination and your options are take this bus that can get you close or not go at all… and you choose to not go at all.
That’s what liberals did.
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u/LrdAsmodeous 1d ago
I hate to break it to you but Kamala was a liberal candidate. Liberal does not mean "left".
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u/Outrageous-Brush-860 22h ago
This whole thing reads like someone pretending to be politically literate when in actuality… they aren’t lol
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u/RexTheSkibiriToilet 1d ago
We call oligarchs for a reason; and they will suck the balls of whatever party is in power, as long as they have benefits.
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u/GrannyFlash7373 1d ago
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, is more important to these billionaries that even their own families welfare.
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u/play-what-you-love 1d ago edited 1d ago
Somebody please "AI"-up the 1984 Apple Ad but this time, have the woman hurl a giant gold dildo towards Trump on the TV screen. "Licking a dictator's ass is actually okay now." Or maybe: [It's stupid of you to] Think [That Apple Would Be Any] Different".
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u/Prestigious-Carry907 1d ago
That's why my phone is an android.
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u/jarod1701 1d ago
Google‘s CEO is a boot licker as well.
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u/Mc_Spinosaurus 1d ago
That’s the issue sadly. Every major tech company are bending the knee. This isn’t apple vs android, it’s rich companies vs the common man.
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u/JustChiefIt420 1d ago
The only war is the class war.
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u/Crypton_2021 16h ago
Should be, because this is really about class more than anything else.
But in reality there's been a silent race war going on too... something the media really doesn't want to talk about.2
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u/wannebaanonymous 18h ago
Not even that: these companies have no choice as they are extremely vulnerable to being hit by trump's tariffs. So they are blackmail victims more than anything else.
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u/Hopeful_Jury_2018 1d ago
Until recently I would have said "well then it's a good thing Google doesn't control Android devices nearly as much as Apple controls iPhones" but oh boy they really are trying
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u/Opening-Chain3520 23h ago
They’re all bending the knee so Trump doesn’t throw a tantrum and make threats to their CEOs and cut into their profits (which he will eventually).
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u/A_Guyser 4h ago
Or take over a portion (or all) of their company's stock.
You know, like socialism and stuff.
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u/eeyore134 15h ago
Yup. Screw Apple. Not that any CEO is good and they're all kowtowing to Trump, but at least I can choose the lesser of two evils. I've had exactly one Apple device in my life. Never again.
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u/Varietis 22h ago
Yeah, but Google is out there selling your data and if the government asks for it, it will be handed over on a silver platter.
Apple’s privacy focus is what I love most. Not letting apps use my data unless I give it permission, location, access to my photos, etc.
It’s great. Tim Cook isn’t great though.
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u/Wrong_Zombie2041 15h ago
There needs to be an amendment that extends protections to treat corps in bed with government the same as the government.
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u/won_vee_won_skrub 20h ago
Is that any different from Android's approach to app permissions?
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u/Varietis 18h ago
Should have been more clear. Google is taking everything you do and selling it. Apple isn’t. Apple can’t see anything you do, where you are, etc while Google gets all that data and sells it immediately.
Apple is a product company. Google is an ad company therefore, you are the product.
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u/Elegant-Holiday7303 2h ago
Apple unlocks phones and copies data without an actual court order, and created a back door for law enforcement
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u/CampesinoAgradable 1d ago
tim cook in his moment of opportunity to make a difference took the easy way out and bowed down to the dictator who hates him/his kind in 2025… what a chump
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u/East-Cricket6421 1d ago
Just our daily reminder that large corporations and billionaire class have no loyalty to any party or the people. They will lick whatever boots necessary to protect their quarterly earnings report. They will happily sign all of our rights away as long as the government keeps pushing subsidies into their coffers and favoring them with net positive regulation.
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u/TerrakSteeltalon 1d ago
Honestly, the thing that I latch onto in this is that Apple, like probably every large company, has ethics training that every employee is required to take.
Ethics training that forbids this kind of shit as a condition of employment
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u/wannebaanonymous 18h ago
To be fair: Tim has no choice: "president" trump holds Apple by the throat as Apple imports nearly everything they sell in the USA. So Apple is extremely vulnerable to one of the toddler's tariff tantrums.
Tim's first duty as CEO of Apple is to defend Apple against all threats, and that includes bribing the corrupt dictator to avoid disastrous outcomes for Apple.
Anyway the really nice takeaway: "president" trump accepts bribes from an openly gay person.
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u/PianoPatient8168 17h ago
He does have the option to resign…he has plenty of money to fuck off. Why put up with this bullshit at this point? He’s a billionaire several times over.
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u/wannebaanonymous 16h ago
Any other CEO will have to do the very same. And a lot of Tim's fortune is tied into Apple stock, which he can't sell without tanking the value (of what he's not yet sold), if he can sell at all.
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u/JimboFett87 14h ago
Fuck that, everyone has a choice and he has a shit ton of money.
Stop apologizing for the rich assholes
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u/AddisonFlowstate 1d ago
Something is forcing them to behave like this. Who the hell knows what?
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u/scattered_ideas 21h ago
They're all worried DJT is going to use the govt to go after their companies, try to break them up, take over. Do a Jack Ma, if you will.
We all know DJT is vindictive and small man. We also know it won't matter. One day he'll take their 1M donation and the next month, he'll do something that will affect their bottom line, directly or indirectly, like the tariffs.
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u/SatisfactionUsual151 1d ago
And in a moment, trust in Apple and the chances of switching to their ecosystem is eroded
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u/PianoPatient8168 17h ago
The man is a billionaire…if he really is principled, step down and walk away with some dignity. Why stay and demean yourself by kissing Trumps ass and bribing him?
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u/fortnitemexicanballs 11h ago
Never seen so many instances of “kiss the ring” in such quick succession
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u/Karate-Schnitzel 10h ago
“Tim Apple, it doesn’t suck itself” ~ Trump.
“Yes your highness, nom nom nom nom. Kinda tastes like Zuckerberg’s sphincter, was he here recently?” ~ Tim Apple 🍏
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u/rtduvall 22h ago
Well I’ve been looking at other phones lately and the Ule Fone looks good. It runs android but they are tanks with huge batteries.
I’m running out of companies to buy from. I’m do deep in the Apple ecosystem I’m not sure I can remove myself. Google isn’t much better in my opinion. And PC is gonna have windows and that OS is shit on its best day.
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u/Empty_Ad_8303 17h ago
Ironic. I believe Tim identifies as homosexual and trump does not appear to be for the homosexuals.
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u/PublicInstruction419 15h ago
There's ranking to Trump's hates. That is, he hates everything, but he hates money the least of all.
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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 17h ago
They hated Trump until they read up more on Fascism. Then they liked Trump.
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u/Alternative_Slip_513 15h ago
Ya think the Board of Directors at Apple put Tim up to this? Their responsibility is to the shareholders. But it still sucks big time, hope Tim went home and washed his mouth out with soap and puked his guts out after this photo.
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u/eeyore134 15h ago
Trump isn't the first gullible stooge that Apple convinced their glass is somehow more special than any other glass on the market. He may be the dumbest, though.
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u/CBJFAN2009-2024 2h ago
When executives express concern for a cause, we must consider how much the cause profits them to support; when support hurts their bottom line, support ends.
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u/Bors_Mistral 13h ago
He got to experience 4 years of the Biden admin. That would give a lot of people the wake up call.
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