Apple is once again running ads on the social media platform X, after the company previously stopped all advertising on the website due to the presence of objectionable content on it.
  • FundMECFSEnglish
    74·
    1 month ago

    Apple is just like the rest of big tech. They tried to play it as if they were the ethical one, but in the end all these private corpos are just the same.

    • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      For other potentially worse manufacturers. I hate how far it’s all gone, but even buying a used/secondhand device is empowering the prior own to support one of these manufacturers.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    45·
    1 month ago

    Wow and I thought this genocidal slave-labor corporation really cared… \s \s \s

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 month ago

    How quickly most companies have walked back all of the “moral” stances they have taken over the last few years, all within just a few weeks of the political winds changing, should be a lesson to everyone that there is no such thing as an ethical publicly traded company.

    They will do what they think will make the most money for the shareholders, no matter what. If you want them too “pay”, the only choice is to stop giving them money.

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    1 month ago

    I’m looking for silver linings and I suppose the marketing people at these companies are much less stressed to have to keep Googling, “how to pretend to give a shit about fellow humans” every time they need to produce a few hundred characters.

        • Klear@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 month ago

          I wanted to point out that it’s as futile as shouting at the sun for rising again and shiting into your eyes through the window and then I realised how often I do exactly that and now I’m 100% fine with your comment.

          Edit: I meant to write “shining” but what’s done is done.

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 month ago

      At least the mask is off. Apple, Google, Meta. None of them care about anything but profit and there isn’t a value they aren’t willing to compromise on if it makes the line go up.

  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    1 month ago

    Next up is Tim apple announcing his conversion therapy was successful and that he will now be marrying a blonde fox news anchor on the white house lawn. He’ll then run for Lindsey Graham’s senate seat and carry on the tradition of being the most closeted man in the Senate… And the world.

    When Lindsey Graham was asked who his first lady would be should he ever win the presidency, he replied… “My sister”.

    Just can’t take those swinging bachelors off the market… one at a time ladies.

  • SouthEndSunset@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    1 month ago

    All in bed together. Didn’t they both attend Mar A Lago? No way they’re going to separate.

  • WeepingAngel@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    1 month ago

    Which phone brand is recommendable at the moment? Fairphone uses android, which can hardly be trusted.

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 month ago

      Google Pixel + GrapheneOS

      Also, if you think Apple’s completely closed source software is more trustworthy than Google’s mostly open source software… LOL

      • Chloé 🥕English
        10·
        1 month ago

        also, idk how true this is, but ive seen that google sells pixels at a loss when they’re on sale (they expect to make back the money by spying on you)

        so if you were to get a pixel while it’s on sale and install grapheneos on it, not only would you get a nice phone with a secure os, but you’d do so while costing google money. win win win!

      • WeepingAngel@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Well, the point is I do not trust either. I am on apple now, but my experience with android is that there are apps you cannot uninstall.

        On the other hand I have once tried a custom rom, but it was not a great experience. I do think I will need to try this again.

        • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 month ago

          Custom ROMs are all different. Some suck, some don’t. I’ve heard very good things about Graphene. You can even install it from the web in a couple clicks.

    • Bogasse@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 month ago

      Yeah, the most “free” option is probably android custom ROMs (anything based on lineageos, I suppose).

      There are alternatives that are slowly building up, such as postmarketos, but it’s not production ready.

      I think KaiOS was a thing for a while, and it’s based on FirefoxOS. But you would have to ditch the confort of a real smartphone and I’m not sure it’s still active?

      EDIT : KaiOS is indeed maintained BUT it is still based on Android (probably with less higher level components)

      • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        1 month ago

        or CalyxOS if you’re not too fond of knockoff iOS UI. I’ve been using Calyx on my FP4 for a while now, works like a charm.

    • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy. I dont think its perfect but its about as good as it gets. Otherwise you can buy a google phone and degoogle it with Graphene

      • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        Fairphone uses their own custom OS to degoogle things and help ensure privacy

        no they don’t. the default Fairphone OS runs stock Android with all Google apps. there are degoogled custom ROMs available, and you can buy some models with it preinstalled, but those are managed by third party resellers/partners.

  • SuluBeddu@feddit.itEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    Actually last time I checked apple did their keynotes mentioning the environment and stuff, greenwashing their choices… I’m curious what they’ll do now.

    Just like Tesla, they might have saturated their liberal userbase, I wouldn’t be too surprised if they took a more “neutral” stance