Comment by wasfgwp
3 months ago
By any chance are you using any Apple products and are you a supporter of Donald Trump? Because if the answer is yes and no singling out Mullvad seems be rather hypocritical?
Based on his actions Tim Apple openly is an ardent supporter of Trump. So effectively everyone here who has a MacBook was supporting a company run by by a pro MAGA ceo...
Of course greed and corruption might be considered a mitigating factor by some people (instead of seemingly doing it purely due to one's personal convictions and without any coercion which is presumably the case here
Without wishing to defend Tim Cook at all, there is a difference between a corporation donating to an incumbent government that seems unusually receptive to bribes (including to be left alone) and an individual CEO being the main financial backer of a local fringe far right party he wants to make a national force, presumably because of his enthusiastic support for their policies which include the 'remigration' of citizens deemed excessively brown...
Where is the part that remigration would only happen to excessively brown people? I read the party leaders speeches etc but could not find it.
You’re doing the “we should improve society somewhat” meme guy thing. People are allowed to do better without being perfect.
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I don’t remember Tim Apple or any other tech CEOs almost literally groveling at the feet of any other president besides Trump.
> They don't have to also be the main supporter of some ethnic cleansing party
True OTH that party is mostly inconsequential and has no direct power. Tech companies enabling and legitimizing MAGA by openly supporting the movement arguably results in way more damage on aggregate even if they are only financing through outright bribery.
Because no other president has demanded tribute.
Corruption isn't limited to literal foot-grovelling.
The other presidents were law-abiding and weren't going to throw random tariffs or executive orders that could ruin these CEOs' businesses.
Pathetically the CEOs' concern was their company's market value/stockholder satisfaction, they "couldn't afford" any principled stance against tyranny, small or large.
"Oh you're commiting genocide with our SaaS? Well, if we do anything against that, your lobbyists will tell our government to fuck us; So, would you like any API changes to help with your work?"