Anil Dash on Tim Cook selling out Steve Jobs:
Many people have the quisling impulse to insist that Apple had to kiss Trump’s ass. “They’ll be stuck with really high tariffs!" “They might lose government contracts!" This is foolishness, of course, because all of this will still happen.
You can't give an inch to these fascists. You can say they are not reasonable like you and me. Adam Serwer of the Atlantic did a recent piece that argues American elites have failed the country deeply. They have surrendered like little bitches.
The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff. ICE detainees such as the Palestinian-rights activist Mahmoud Khalil, for example, have continued to speak publicly about the administration’s abuses.
Most certainly, Jobs would of shown much more fight had he be alive now. He might even tell Tim Cook to go fuck off if he tried to gesture sympathies to shareholders value. I can imagine Jobs pointing to Meta's campus, and saying to Cook, "if you care about money so much, go work for a cigarette company."
Anil Dash again with the clarity of the moment:
There's no point in having fuck-you money in the bank if you never say "fuck you"! ... Here is an idea: Apple could, rather than creating golden bribes for child sexual predators, actually send a message to its users explaining that it would like to continue providing value to its customers, and ask those customers for help making that case to their elected officials.