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Written by Marco Arment on 2025-01-03 at 23:48

Watch everyone now bend over backward to justify this as some sort of forced move that Cook HAD to do.

Tim Cook, reluctantly supporting Trump, because it's the savvy move for Apple…

Tim Cook… reluctantly supporting Trump…

Tim Cook… supporting Trump…

Are we getting it yet?

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Written by Marco Arment on 2025-01-03 at 23:49

Have you considered the possibility that Tim Cook just… supports Trump?

Like so many other mega-rich CEOs?

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Written by Marco Arment on 2025-01-03 at 23:51

Is it that hard to believe?

Why do we think Tim Cook couldn't possibly support Trump, while all of these other billionaires support him for their own billionaire self-interests?

Why do we keep making excuses for him?

Why do we keep making excuses for Apple?

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Written by AC on 2025-01-04 at 00:08

@marcoarment Tim Cook is only as strong a CEO as Apple is highly-ranked on the Fortune 500. If they fall out of the top 5, he starts getting shit. Top 10, he gets pressured to retire. Top 25, he’s gone. Of course he’s going to pursue any avenue he can to retain his power.

But it’s sure a hard pivot from when he told the right-wing weirdo hedge fund guy that if he didn’t like Apple spending money on accessibility tech without a care for the “bloody ROI”, then the weirdo could “get out of this stock”.

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Written by Antifa-gravity boots on 2025-01-04 at 03:36

@ac @marcoarment oh dear, retire with a net worth of only a couple billion. The horror.

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Written by AC on 2025-01-04 at 03:54

@lerxst @marcoarment Fair, except I think he’s not in it 100 percent for the money. I think he likes having power and influence. He likes being in a position to preach and be heard by his flock. He finds it gratifying when the Apple faithful defend Apple and, by extension, him.

There’s no better way to rob Tim Cook of power and influence than to say, “Eh, it’s just a phone.”

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