Apple is once again running ads on the social media platform X, after the company previously stopped all advertising on the website due to the presence of objectionable content on it.
  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    How quickly most companies have walked back all of the “moral” stances they have taken over the last few years, all within just a few weeks of the political winds changing, should be a lesson to everyone that there is no such thing as an ethical publicly traded company.

    They will do what they think will make the most money for the shareholders, no matter what. If you want them too “pay”, the only choice is to stop giving them money.

  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    The one silver lining about the new US administration is that it has helped undermine some fundamental notions around American exceptionalism.

    American oligarchs are not that different from oligarchs in other countries.

    • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      I did only a quick search really but couldn’t find if any major android phone manufacturers had stopped advertising on there?

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        14 days ago

        FOSS alternatives exist for many Android devices. Apple goes to great lengths to block every alternative on all hardware that isn’t mac. I’ve been on iOS since the 3G, but have just purchased an older pixel to start migrating apps and data to GrapheneOS. I wish Pine phone had GOS, but it is what it is.

        There is no negotiating with fascists, and Apples #1 market is the US. There is no chance in hell they will defy or deny fascism.

        • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 days ago

          But that’s all changing the subject.

          His point was, at least Apple made a stand to begin with. Sure, they didn’t stick to their guns in the end, but if Apple left, while Android manufacturers continued advertising on Xitter this whole time, then isn’t Apple still showing more spine than the others? Does it really make sense to leave Apple for Android over this?

        • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          My question is less about the OS than it is the manufacturers paying to advertise on X. Buying from them is supporting X indirectly.

          • jabeez@lemmy.todayEnglish
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            14 days ago

            Buy used Pixel or other phone that supports open Android OS, company gets none of your $$.

        • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          If you buy a Pixel, you’re supporting Google which is probably worse.

          Maybe a Nothing Phone or a OnePlus?

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days ago

      At least the mask is off. Apple, Google, Meta. None of them care about anything but profit and there isn’t a value they aren’t willing to compromise on if it makes the line go up.

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Apple is just like the rest of big tech. They tried to play it as if they were the ethical one, but in the end all these private corpos are just the same.