This legal bribery is disgusting
You’re mistaking paying “protection fees” for bribery.
Trump is 100% gonna shake down and threaten those who don’t pay him off. Legalized extortion that dumbass Americans elected.
No. It’s a tip. Thanks to the supreme court, it’s not illegal if it’s a tip!
You can’t give someone a million dollars to bulldoze that orphanage. That’s a bribe.
But it’s totally legal to give them a million dollars after bulldozing the orphanage, as a tip!
This is also why I am gradually untying myself from the Apple ecosystem, and all of propriety/big tech; especially US based.
When push comes to shove capitalism will not resist fascism. They will ignore all stated virtue signals and choose profits.
Tim Cooks pro-trans statements are falling pretty flat now.
Those were always a virtue signal. Every C suite, board member, and senior executive of every multinational are anointed by the plutocracy. Probably for every billion dollar company. They know how to play ball and the only allegiance they hold is to the almighty dollar. It’s a big club, and we ain’t in it.
The alternative is Google which is way worse if you ask me. At least Apple doesn’t touch your data, Google will absolutely record every bit of activity on your phone and use it with extreme prejudice to feed you ads and sell you shit you don’t need.
Kissing the ketchup covered fingers of his lord.
Not that this makes it any better, but a lot of other tech companies are also doing this, and it shouldn’t go unnoticed
not samsung :)
Donating to a 34-times convicted felon, a rapist, a failed businessman, and an insurrection leader who’s been impeached twice. Incredible
Electing him as president was more incredible, now nobody can ignore him. Like it or not.
Yes it is poor people fault again
If you say so.
What a fucking coward. Say what you will about Steve Jobs, but he would likely never had done this. So much for think different.
Lost all respect for Tim.
Can left leaning or liberal minded Apple users please switch to Linux now? There really is no excuse. Fuck Apple.
I will make it easy for you.
Get yourself a Framework Laptop: https://frame.work/
And a Fairphone: https://www.fairphone.com/
I fully agree on the Framework laptop, but Fairphones are insecure and suck. Get yourself a (preferably used) Google Pixel instead and load GrapheneOS on to it, it’s very easy and maybe takes 10 minutes.
Why do you think Fairphone (5) is insecure?
My experience is not that they suck. But yeah, they sure don’t have the same spec as a premium iPhone or a Pixel. But they have a modular design, just like the Framework Laptop. I don’t know any other modern phone that does. And they use a SoC that is guaranteed to receive support for a long time.
Fairphone fails to properly sign their own operating system. They use the publicly available (!) AOSP test private keys instead of an actual secret key. This breaks fundamental security features of Android like Verified boot, rollback protection, etc. They’re also pretty slow with updates, including important monthly Android Security Bulletin patches. This is just the bare minimum for any OEM, and Fairphone fails to properly implement it.
Google goes above and beyond, and offers cutting edge hardware security in their Pixel devices. They have features that currently can’t be found in any other Android phone, like ARMv9 MTE (hardware memory tagging), the Titan M2 secure element, which supports Android StrongBox, the Weaver API and comes with insider attack resistance. GrapheneOS takes full advantage of these features, and combined with their numerous software security improvements offers the most secure mobile OS + hardware combination on the market. You can read more about all the hardening of GrapheneOS on their features overview page: https://grapheneos.org/features
Plus it’s degoogled by default, so it doesn’t come with any trackers or bloatware. You can opt to install Google Play services, but they are confined in the standard Android application sandbox, just like any other user-installable app. They don’t get any elevated privileges like on other Android-based operating systems.publicly available (!) AOSP test private key
Sounds like they at least addressed the test key issue
https://www.fairphone.com/en/2024/01/30/security-update-apex-modules-vulnerability-fixed/
I’m sorry, there’s no other way to say this, but such a major issue slipping through is just a massive sign of incompetence. I support Fairphone’s mission and philosophy, but I just can’t trust this company. This isn’t the only security issue either. I wouldn’t recommend their devices to anyone for this reason.
Alright. Thanks!
And a Fairphone
Cries in American 🥺
a Pixel phone with GrapheneOS is a better choice in my opinion.
And don’t forget to donate to GrapheneOS team
And make sure to get a used or refurbished Pixel, because giving Google money isn’t a good idea either https://reddthat.com/post/32690381
His name is actuality Tim Apple, l common mistake.
It would be super interesting to know more background on these donations. One has to wonder if there was some sort of solicitation going on. Did somebody leave a note on his windshield? I’m willing to bet there was.
Thanks Tim Apple
Lol Tim Apple. You terrible human. May you never have a peaceful day in your life
Pathetic
Got to pay your protection fees to the Don.
What’s with the 1m value and why are all tech companies doing it?
Likely tacit acknowledgment that the US is becoming more authoritarian/run by a mob boss. For example, if you don’t pay the local mafia, you can expect them to show up and do bad things to you. However if you pay a bribe and kiss the ring, you may receive protection instead
Protection racket, just a nice round number to show fealty.
There is no protection from fascism. It’s bribery, and the dumbest part is MAGAzis will still throw them all under the bus depending which way the wind blows on any given day.
But why not 2 mil for twice the love from trump?
Maybe they’re colluding so that none of the donors pushes the donation amount higher.
The Tim Apple doesn’t fall far from the golden goose.
Removed by mod
In bed with the fascist in chief
