Tim Cook sold Apple's soul

@kevinrenskers I used to think Tim had character.

@franksting as I said in the article:

My family all use it too, and we love to make collaborative playlists for road trips.

I’m not going to force them to switch to Tidal (I wouldn’t even be able to do so).

@kevinashworth Maybe when he posted about George Floyd, but other than that not much comes to mind? He mostly seems like a bean counter who doesn’t speak his mind.

@kevinrenskers sorry, my bad for skimming over that bit

@kevinrenskers They still don't unlock iPhones for the government. But please, by all means, enjoy your next U.S. ecosystem.

@kevinrenskers so true in every aspect. …

@stuartm @kevinrenskers careful with whatsapp, its owned by Meta Platforms Inc. or in other words, facebook. They are very greasy.

@kevinrenskers After reading this it seems save to assume, that Tim Cook is genuinely afraid.

@kevinrenskers Thanks, but it dwarfs in comparison with yours Big tech has come a long way from the “Make the world a better place” days.

@kevinrenskers @leroy https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto

@tux0r what a strange comment to make when i made it clear I’m looking for an alternative. Which is definitely not Google.

@kevinrenskers Is there a rose gold version available?

@kevinrenskers @kevinashworth Do you think you'd change your mind if he realises it was once again profitable to pretend to care about social issues?

@devolute cynical today, are we?

But the answer is no.

@kevinrenskers Respect. I've been cynical since I realised large corporations don't ever have 'souls' and their primary objective is to make money, almost always at the expense of absolutely everything else and I think it's terribly naive to think anything else.

@devolute I could’ve titled it “Tim Cook sold his own soul to save Apple’s profits”. Maybe that would’ve been more precise.

But he damaged Apple’s reputation alongside his own. And I think calling Apple’s reputation its “soul” isn’t unfair.

@kevinrenskers @stuartm I have been exploring /e/OS on a phone and so far it works fine? My primary annoyance is that in-app purchases do not work (less money to Google, yay!).

In some ways it's a bit of a downgrade. But enough people have to accept a bit of a downgrade so that the alternatives get enough funding to improve.

Best of all, it does not have liquid glass.

@beno interesting!