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If they wanted to have this in the EU, they would've. Not going to blame brussels for the dirt that apple is throwing at my face.

jajko 1y ago
Its just another heartless corporation focused purely on money, run by typical sociopaths, just like literally every other big megacorp. Profits and carefully crafted PR campaigns also here on HN, nothing more. It never ceases to amaze me in worst way possible how quite a few people here keep treating them as something more, over and over. Or maybe its just that PR campaign. Don't take me wrong, they have fine devices for specific type of people and good business strategy overall but above applies hard.
- bogdan 1y ago
  > It never ceases to amaze me in worst way possible how quite a few people here keep treating them as something more, over and over A lot of people are investing in Apple, most likely you are indirectly as well, if not you then your pension. Not surprised some people would defend everything they do. Then you have the die-hard fans and I'm sure there's some PR peeps going around especially how it easy it is nowadays with AI.
- philipallstar 1y ago
  It's not that people love Apple necessarily. It's also that not all people love bureaucracy and trust in it implicitly.
- parthdesai 1y ago
  It's funny, because Apple was/is HN's darling when it comes to privacy, yet handed over the keys to Chinese government when push came to shove.
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fastball 1y ago
Is the idea that they hate you because you're European, or...?
- jeroenhd 1y ago
  Apple doesn't hate European citizens, per se, just EU/EEA customer protection laws.
  - tacker2000 1y ago
    That says something about Apple, doesnt it?
    - boesboes 1y ago
      s/Apple/USA & BIgtech/g
      - tacker2000 1y ago
        Sure, i can agree with that.
      - selkin 1y ago
        I'd argue this is true for every corporation that didn't need that regulationas a moat (some have found they could use those regulations to their advantage and block competitors, mostly due to implementation costs)

jajko 1y ago

Its just another heartless corporation focused purely on money, run by typical sociopaths, just like literally every other big megacorp. Profits and carefully crafted PR campaigns also here on HN, nothing more. It never ceases to amaze me in worst way possible how quite a few people here keep treating them as something more, over and over. Or maybe its just that PR campaign. Don't take me wrong, they have fine devices for specific type of people and good business strategy overall but above applies hard.

bogdan 1y ago
> It never ceases to amaze me in worst way possible how quite a few people here keep treating them as something more, over and over A lot of people are investing in Apple, most likely you are indirectly as well, if not you then your pension. Not surprised some people would defend everything they do. Then you have the die-hard fans and I'm sure there's some PR peeps going around especially how it easy it is nowadays with AI.
philipallstar 1y ago
It's not that people love Apple necessarily. It's also that not all people love bureaucracy and trust in it implicitly.
parthdesai 1y ago
It's funny, because Apple was/is HN's darling when it comes to privacy, yet handed over the keys to Chinese government when push came to shove.
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fastball 1y ago

Is the idea that they hate you because you're European, or...?

jeroenhd 1y ago
Apple doesn't hate European citizens, per se, just EU/EEA customer protection laws.
- tacker2000 1y ago
  That says something about Apple, doesnt it?
  - boesboes 1y ago
    s/Apple/USA & BIgtech/g
    - tacker2000 1y ago
      Sure, i can agree with that.
    - selkin 1y ago
      I'd argue this is true for every corporation that didn't need that regulationas a moat (some have found they could use those regulations to their advantage and block competitors, mostly due to implementation costs)