▲ 1590 ▼ Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” (bsky.app) submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 317 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] fodor@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago It’s an inherent byproduct of capitalism. If you rise to Tim Cook’s level you must be someone that is either willing to put your personal values aside or you do not have them to begin with. The growth of the company matters more and if you prioritize your values you will be filtered the moment you misalign with whatever prevents maximal growth. Capitalism does not care about values, ethics, morals, social wellness, or anything besides growth. It is cancerous and leads to a toxic society that poisons itself and falls apart, which is literally happening permalink fedilink source parent [–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago You don't succesfully run big corporations by having high moral standarts, this was never an argument. Argument was about what makes businessman a good business man, and one major thing is seizing opportunities and "playing" important people like Trump. I don't think he's anywhere as (morally) bad as Steve Jobs was, but he's doing his job as expected. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pieplup@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago If he does he doesn't have morals to care about acting on his values as such they are more or less irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago It’s an inherent byproduct of capitalism. If you rise to Tim Cook’s level you must be someone that is either willing to put your personal values aside or you do not have them to begin with. The growth of the company matters more and if you prioritize your values you will be filtered the moment you misalign with whatever prevents maximal growth. Capitalism does not care about values, ethics, morals, social wellness, or anything besides growth. It is cancerous and leads to a toxic society that poisons itself and falls apart, which is literally happening permalink fedilink source parent
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago You don't succesfully run big corporations by having high moral standarts, this was never an argument. Argument was about what makes businessman a good business man, and one major thing is seizing opportunities and "playing" important people like Trump. I don't think he's anywhere as (morally) bad as Steve Jobs was, but he's doing his job as expected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pieplup@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago If he does he doesn't have morals to care about acting on his values as such they are more or less irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent