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Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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It sounds like fact checked news, but is it? I would hate to give anyone mentioned in this article an example of the time they were falsely accused of something by an actual fake news source. https://daringfireball.net/2019/10/correction_regarding_an_e...

> It sounds like fact checked news, but is it?

Um... which bit do you think is wrong?

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

#32

But we all know Tim Cook didn’t like a second of it. He’s balancing his personal feelings with his duties of loyalty and care (he owes to Apple Inc). Tim Cook is doing the best he can in a garbage situation. He’s not rolling over for Trump, but he’s also not antagonizing Trump (which I know a lot of people want to see). Cook’s being savvy. Cook is crushing it. Gruber got this take wrong. Gruber is letting political f…

> Cook’s being savvy. Cook is crushing it.

This isn't being savvy. This is realizing you were on the receiving end of another "I'd like you to do a favor for us though".

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

#34
post #14

So what? Flagged. This isn't very intellectually stimulating and a poor take to say the least. I wish HN just sticks to tech instead of politics all the time.

"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

#35
post #24

The main alternative seems to be Warren who openly proposes policies to dismantle Apple, among other companies. So it makes sense that he'd go all in to prevent her from being elected, it's his fiduciary duty after all.

> Warren who openly proposes policies to dismantle Apple

I don't think this is true. Can you provide a source or quote from her?

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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post #35
post #24

The main alternative seems to be Warren who openly proposes policies to dismantle Apple, among other companies. So it makes sense that he'd go all in to prevent her from being elected, it's his fiduciary duty after all.

> Warren who openly proposes policies to dismantle Apple I don't think this is true. Can you provide a source or quote from her?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18257965/elizabeth-warren-...

"Apple, you’ve got to break it apart from their App Store. It’s got to be one or the other. Either they run the platform or they play in the store. They don’t get to do both at the same time. So it’s the same notion. "

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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post #31

It sounds like fact checked news, but is it? I would hate to give anyone mentioned in this article an example of the time they were falsely accused of something by an actual fake news source. https://daringfireball.net/2019/10/correction_regarding_an_e...

> It sounds like fact checked news, but is it? Um... which bit do you think is wrong?

So this is the new fact checking, after the outrage machine is in full swing?

I think everyone has seen how this works with alt-right social news blogging, and we've already seen this blogger feed the flames with false accusations retracted later.

I don't agree with the likes of Zuckerberg (though I think even he is backtracking) that fake news can be algorithmically detected precisely due to this example blog. There is no proof of work in fact checking, so outraged "left"/"right" bloggers is worse than no information.

If there's something to feed to the media do so, if there's something to feed to special prosecutors or the SEC even better.

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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post #36
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Warren who openly proposes policies to dismantle Apple I don't think this is true. Can you provide a source or quote from her?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18257965/elizabeth-warren-... "Apple, you’ve got to break it apart from their App Store. It’s got to be one or the other. Either they run the platform or they play in the store. They don’t get to do both at the same time. So it’s the same notion. "

I don't get it. They created the app store. Developers are choosing to be part of Apple's ecosystem. The ecosystem for Android is absolutely terrible in comparison. Even free apps don't compare to Apple's free apps. That's the dumbest thing I've heard.

Re: Tim Cook Appears Alongside Trump in Re-Election Campaign Ad Shot

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I would like to see your credible source that supports this statement. Can you reference?

It's not a secret. It's an open, nationwide effort at all levels of government.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-plan-bring...

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