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Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by Quarrelsome »

peterangular wrote: post #43
werkjohann wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotal, but I’ve seen several folks get offers from FB and other big tech, and I’ve seen FB throw much more money at people. They also have better perks. I think they know they need to use money to overcome their reputation.

Sure, but it's still not enough. FB recruiters are super aggressive and I have zero qualms unloading on them for their BS behavior, every. time. I've asked five (5!) times to be taken off their list and added to a blacklist for candidates and I still get emails, calls, and LinkedIn messages. The first two "buzz-off" messages were polite, but now I'm just downright rude and respond with my actual opinion on their empl…

> If you work there, you're gross.

I think that's a touch harsh. What if you just make sandwiches in a canteen?

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by ineedasername »

juancn wrote: post #4

The idea of doing a public campaign over this is so myopic that I cannot fathom the thinking about it. Who’s going to rally for Facebook? Did they really expected Apple to change this? The ad should scare investors much more than Apple’s move.

They fell victim to the common trap of "We have to do something, and this is something to do, therefore we have to do it"

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by [deleted] »

onei wrote: post #53
abhinav22 wrote: post #20

I was a big supporter of Apple for a long time and welcomed privacy focused initiatives when they first started making noise a while back. However since then I’ve become much more skeptical. Apple is no less evil or different; okay, I take that back, they are slightly better but I’m no longer a fanboy. I don’t think the Apple of today, who carefully monitor what everybody does on their macs and make it difficult / an…

> and make it difficult / annoying to bypass the Mac App Store I'm trying to avoid cherry picking, but this isn't my experience at all. I use a Mac for work and haven't really made any use of the app store. Nonetheless, I have all the apps I need and homebrew fills in the rest. Is there something I've unwittingly avoided?

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Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by pjmlp »

abhinav22 wrote: post #20

I was a big supporter of Apple for a long time and welcomed privacy focused initiatives when they first started making noise a while back. However since then I’ve become much more skeptical. Apple is no less evil or different; okay, I take that back, they are slightly better but I’m no longer a fanboy. I don’t think the Apple of today, who carefully monitor what everybody does on their macs and make it difficult / an…

Apple from today is just similar to the Apple from 30 years ago, those that only know OS X post Apple are figuring it out now that they aren't in deep need of cash any longer.

For what is worth, I that that Apple.

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by starik36 »

qz2 wrote: post #30
abhinav22 wrote: post #20

I was a big supporter of Apple for a long time and welcomed privacy focused initiatives when they first started making noise a while back. However since then I’ve become much more skeptical. Apple is no less evil or different; okay, I take that back, they are slightly better but I’m no longer a fanboy. I don’t think the Apple of today, who carefully monitor what everybody does on their macs and make it difficult / an…

I don’t get the charger whining from people. If you add the price of the charger and the wired earphones to the price of the phone then with inflation it’s cheaper than the handsets were in 2018. I’ve got 7 Apple chargers here as well. This is a completely rational decision which is transitional while we all move to USB-C slowly. Your general point is right but it’s not the state of the company you need to look at bu…

I am not sure it's whining. Apple is cutting costs while pretending it's for a larger cause.

I might also have 7 chargers, but none of them are for USB-C - the type of the cable that they did include with the box. So I still have to buy a charging brick.

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by ineedasername »

peterangular wrote: post #43
werkjohann wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotal, but I’ve seen several folks get offers from FB and other big tech, and I’ve seen FB throw much more money at people. They also have better perks. I think they know they need to use money to overcome their reputation.

Sure, but it's still not enough. FB recruiters are super aggressive and I have zero qualms unloading on them for their BS behavior, every. time. I've asked five (5!) times to be taken off their list and added to a blacklist for candidates and I still get emails, calls, and LinkedIn messages. The first two "buzz-off" messages were polite, but now I'm just downright rude and respond with my actual opinion on their empl…

I think it would be interesting to start an underground movement of engineers taking their inflated salaries and then doing a deliberately bad job while working there. I can do just about any job badly-- this could be my calling!

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by gnzoidberg »

_cs2017_ wrote: post #51

Anyone who can successfully predict downfall of large publicly traded companies can work for a hedge fund and make tens of millions of dollars a year. Anyone who cannot predict such events can write articles for a magazine claiming otherwise. At least it helps sell their speaking and consulting engagements.

Completely agree. That title is so stupid that I wish I could "killfile" that author from all my web news feeds.

Re: Facebook Declared War on Apple, and It Just May Signal the End of Facebook

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Post by randycupertino »

senthilnayagam wrote: post #63

facebook removed the blue verified tick from apple official page on facebook. the page has 13 million+ followers.

> facebook removed the blue verified tick from apple official page on facebook.

How incredibly absurd and petty.

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