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John Ternus Era at Apple Kicks Off With the Changing of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
gizmodo.com/john-ternus-era-at-apple-kicks-off-with-the-changing-of-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-2000805913
Way to fully slip Trump’s tiny penis into your mouth, John. Good start to your legacy.
Replying to @ulkesh@piefed.social
End your legacy more like; he’s been at Apple for a bloody long time
I meant legacy as CEO. But yeah, he seemed competent. Now he seems like all the rest of them – spineless.
Replying to @ulkesh@piefed.social
I mean, maybe that decision wasn’t really his? Sounds like it could’ve been Tim Apple’s last minute order to do everything his majesty world leader supreme wants.
The article isn’t clear on that, I wouldn’t write off Johnny just yet.
Replying to @FireWire400@lemmy.world
Eh, his calculus was likely the following:
- Trump has in the past threatened economic or financial penalties over minor, and major, disagreements
- Trump is in his last term, so he likely isn’t concerned with the political, legal, etc. ramifications of his actions
- Apple, as a company, still manufactures the majority of its product lines outside the US
- Trump is still trying to use tariffs in the US to manipulate markets and force business actions
- Either I capitulate and save Apple from potentially billions in fiscal pain and / or years of legal representation to fight said pain, or make this change and avoid all of it
- The cost of this capitulation is mostly a PR / company image issue + plus dev time to implement the change, versus a very real monetary loss
I don’t agree with his decision, but given the options available I do agree trying to keep the peace with the vindictive, unstable world leader of Apple’s largest market is in their best interest.