Post #2419800
2024-03-07 21:04 UTC
@neatchee@urusai.social @elessar@social1.ortolo.eu @rustyshelf@mastodon.social While I agree that manufacture and software are totally different areas the key in the Apple - China agreement was not the field of operation but where the factories were located. Apple wasn't willing to move the production because of costs and then had to give something back to China. It would be better they have a plan to move the production outside China. For the EU case: Apple will make more noise but in the end if a law says more app stores they will have to complain (and make the process a pain for consumers because are vindicative)
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@neatchee@urusai.social 2024-03-07 21:09
@zbrando@social.vivaldi.net @elessar@social1.ortolo.eu @rustyshelf@mastodon.social Better for whom? For consumers? For the company's brand? For long-term shareholders? Short-term shareholders? That's the problem. Our legal system strongly incentivizes Apple executives to prioritize the interests of short-term shareholders - people who want to make money fast - over everyone else. This is true for more reasons than just fiduciary duty, for what it's worth. Apple's original sin was working with Foxconn in the first place, instead of refusing on the grounds that it would irreparably damage their brand. Could've made a good argument back then. Too late now