I used to like him. I worked for the company when he took over. On the first day in the driver’s seat, he sent an email to all employees stating that the policy on company-matched donations to charities was being expanded. I can’t remember the details, but it was something about adding charities that SJ considered too political or something (SJ liked to keep the brand away from controversy, which is why you’ve never been able to get a porn app in the App Store).
I thought it was a classy way of signaling to everyone, “I’m in charge now.” I really had a lot of respect for Tim Apple as a result.
The way he’s fucked things around for third party developers with the App Store tax and locking down what developers can build has been so tone-deaf in the last however many years that Apple released a breakthrough hardware device (Vision Pro) and it’s basically useless because no one wants to build for it. I know that he’s sucking up to ensure that the admin favors his company’s needs wrt manufacturing in China, but it’s still a feckless move. Fuck Tim Apple. He’s part of the problem now. Not like Ol’ Lonnie or Zuck, but still a problem.
I remember when I liked him better when I liked him better.
Typo in article….CEO is Tim Apple
For anyone else who, like me, didn’t know: Trump once referred to Tim Cook as “Tim Apple”, as described in the Wikipedia article on Tim Cook:
In a meeting for the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board with President Donald Trump in March 2019, Trump referred to Cook as “Tim Apple”.
Two take aways from that. One, Trump does not understand why any company would not be named after its founder. Two, Trump has never created a successful company that he ever stepped down from or been trusted enough to take over someone else’s company. Well, he torpedoed the USFL, which wasn’t named after him.
Intelligent analysis I concur with and thank you for. I sometimes wonder what myths our flawed present may pass down to our uncertain future. Who knows? After two millennia, our descendants might think of Trump the way we conceive of Narcissus while they recall the new flood myths we are delivering them.
Ha! Writer was probably hungry and just thought of food when apple came to mind and then remembered he needed to cook something. The brain is a crazy thing.
Tim Apple is really proving to be a follower and not a leader. Pretty lame move Mr. Apple.
Can you imagine being that rich and still having to suck dick?
Tim Apple is gay, so he’s probably fine with sucking dick at any networth. Not sure that’s the insult you intended it to be.
This year provided a great primer for all of us asleep in the industry on what our leadership’s objectives really are. It cut through the bullshit like a razor. We should remember it for the years to come. I sincerely hope it’s taken millions of heads out of asses.
Yeah, the smart ones knew all along. The dumb ones don’t care or will forget.
It’s funny how all of these “silicon valley tech is running the world” conspiracy nuts are all silent now 😬
ANOTHER Billionaire CEO visiting Trump at Mar A Lago now that he’s President Elect? I can SMELL the Fresh Flowers growing in that Former Swamp because OBVIOUSLY this ISNT Corrupt at all!
The equivalent of dukes, barons and other modern nobility need to pay tribute to the new king. It’s a tradition as old as humanity itself.
Those goes back to the concept of anacyclosis, or social cycle theory. After democracy comes ochlocracy, concentration of wealth and demagogues, what turns into a form of monarchy.
In an ideal world, CEOs would have no more access to politicians than the average citizen.
“Tim who?”
“Cook.”
“Uh,”
“Apple, sir.”
“No thanks.”
I’m not sure why anyone is shocked and/or outraged by CEOs of American companies paying a visit to the guy who is going to be running the country.
CEOs of various companies meet the President all the time.
SJ was said to have been asked by Obama how to bring back production and answered that it wasn’t coming back. But I honestly believe that was more about a president bringing business leaders to a meeting to try to gather information and this is absolutely just kissing the ring. They aren’t the same because Trump is different from every other president we’ve ever had.
