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Apple and Google are for-profit corporations. Im sure they would protest that they don't need saving
by toneyG 3y ago
Apple and Google are for-profit corporations. Im sure they would protest that they don't need saving
- blackbear_ 3y agoI must be missing something, how does the second sentence logically follow from the first one?
- throwaway14356 3y agoI want an iphone but if they want to end the industry i cant buy one
- holmesworcester 3y ago[flagged]
- Aldo_MX 3y agoThen buy 51% of shares, do a hostile takeover and stop their anti-competitive madness before it is too late. You don't need to do radical changes, just small actions like do not steal the tips students send to teachers. Going full-goblin mode and demanding 30% of all the money that moves through a phone is what is destroying Apple.
- autoexec 3y agoStudents are tipping teachers now? Tipping culture really has gone off the rails.
- mass_and_energy 3y agoCan someone please explain how this isn't bribery in disguise? I'd have graduated with honors if my teachers accepted tips
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- willcipriano 3y agoIf you tip enough they even put your name on one of the buildings.
- idontpost 3y ago[dead]
- Brian_K_White 3y agoIt's not bribery because it's not degree courses. You can go on countless apps and sites and pay to have people teach you stuff.
- nox101 3y agoI don't know what the op is referring to but just a guess. I know one app, HelloTalk where I think you can get paid to teach language. Think of it as zoom + twitch but centered around language learning. You can run a channel (twitch style) and you can take private "zoom" calls for money. Apple is probably taking 30% for those calls.
- Aldo_MX 3y agoTo people confused about "students tipping teachers", this is the context: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/in-a-reversal-apple-is-now-demanding-30-of-the-donations-to-meditation-app-insight-timers-teachers/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/in-a-reversal-apple-is-now...
- kjkjadksj 3y agoThey aren’t a single person. There are no doubt people in those orgs who might wish to do away with all the anticompetitive strongarmsmanship in the spirit of shared technological innovation. But, its not like they have agency to change anything and the shareholders just want a growth stock not actual technological progress, so thats how they end up managed.
- hinkley 3y agoA lot more ideological fights boil down to internal factions pushing things one way or the other than one would think. Smart people can make mischief visible or invisible without necessarily getting caught defecting or cooperating. Oops did I draw that regulator’s attention to the room where we keep the bodies? Silly me.
- vrachev 3y agoI liken good regulation as a way to prevent markets from getting stuck in a local maxima. That's generally what people mean from "saving them from themselves.