Comment by 4gotunameagain
6 hours ago
Why would anyone pay close attention to a company ?
It is not a tongue in cheek remark, I am genuinely curious
6 hours ago
Why would anyone pay close attention to a company ?
It is not a tongue in cheek remark, I am genuinely curious
> Why would anyone pay close attention to a company ?
Why would anyone pay close attention to a sports team? A musician? A writer?
But if you read Arment's post:
> As you grow into the leader that we know you can be, I urge you, on behalf of everyone who loves computers as much as we do, to protect and cultivate this spirit of Apple’s founders as the company’s top priority:
> *We love computers. We don’t hide that — we celebrate it!
> *We use computers to enhance our minds, lives, and abilities — not to be controlled, restricted, tricked, placated, angered, or surveilled.
> *Our computers work for us, with the utmost respect for our time, attention, money, data, and privacy.
> *We are customers and owners — not resources to be harvested, annoyed, or badgered into ever more services and upsells.
> Apple leads the industry in these values, but leading doesn’t always mean excelling. Remaining true to these values requires constant diligence, honest evaluation, introspection, and the audacity and courage to effect change.
* https://marco.org/2026/04/01/letter-to-john-ternus
Perhaps if more companies had values besides "shareholder value"[1] the world would be a better place.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_doctrine
I dunno. Cause I spend a lot of money on their products and a lot of my time using their software. The announcements they make affect the way I use computers.
Does anyone here pay close attention to updates in the Linux kernel or is that pretty stupid too? (To be fair, you didn't call me stupid, but it's sorta there.)
What's Framework doing? I'm pretty jazzed about their laptops even though I don't buy them.
What about game companies that get bought by Microsoft and now people worry that the franchise they love might get killed?
I'm a nerd and I care a lot about a thing. I don't feel bad about that.
When your livelihood indirectly depends on their whims (aka the app store rules) or the possibility some new feature or product they announce directly affects the way you build your software, either positively or negatively, why not pay close attention?
Because you’re a shareholder.
Or because you’re interested in the products and the „company community“ is fun and you like talking about it.