“Apple CEO Tim Cook plans to donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, reports Axios. The donation will be a personal donation directly from Cook rather than a donation from Apple”

I’ll defend Apple as being the least shitty of the big tech giants but I can’t defend this.

  • @GrammarPolice
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    23 days ago

    Yeah this is so weird. I guess it’s either comply or die when it comes to this stuff

    • @[email protected]
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      33 days ago

      I’m really not sure what the threat to him is though. Does “die” in this case mean lose out on money? One would think he already has his walk away money.

      • @GrammarPolice
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        23 days ago

        I meant it more metaphorically. I think it’s more like lose out on some benefits and have to go through tons of bureaucracy if you don’t comply.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 days ago

          Yeah that’s what I was trying to imply: that he’s not supporting a bigot empowering fascist leader to save his actual skin, but to keep his personal business running smoothly.

          Whereas queer folk without money are existentialy threatened by this administration and those it emboldens.

          • @GrammarPolice
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            23 days ago

            Yup. For once we could have had a CEO choose the good side, but this just goes to show how corrupt the oligarchy is