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> Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and > his team to be "aligned" with the company's views on topics discussed. > Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show, > Stewart reportedly decided to walk How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
I love how the PRC now gets to dictate our content moderation policies (on a show that’s not even available in China).
I love how the PRC now gets to dictate our content moderation policies (on a show that’s not even available in China).
> Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and > his team to be "aligned" with the company's views on topics discussed. > Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show, > Stewart reportedly decided to walk How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
Google deserves credit for giving up some of their search and app business rather than submitting to censorship.
However, as I understand it, many Pixel phone components (and some of the phones themselves) are still made in China, although Google has some manufacturing in India and elsewhere.
> Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and > his team to be "aligned" with the company's views on topics discussed. > Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show, > Stewart reportedly decided to walk How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
Jon Stewart has never been a journalist, he's always been an entertainer. The Daily Show was not news, it was entertainment. His current iteration is worse because he now he pretends to do real news where before he was self aware of being entertainment, it was part of the joke. But he isn't different from Tucker or Maddow. He's now just cranking the Rage Machine to get his nut. The outrage on your part is just as fal…
(... and the story is flagged.) In case anyone missed his Colbert appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8&t=171s
That's not the money clip, this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Q Especially the latter portion.
I think one of the misses is the implication that we can treat people like intelligent adults, and allow them to show up as adults. Vs if we censor conversations (infantilizing the audience) the bad ideas will metastasize.
If we if had to choose between metastasize and sepsis, the choice is clear.
If we are talking about a school environment i would 100 agree with Jon. But i think the larger population has proven that they are not intelligent adults (a really sad state) and can not be trusted with bad ideas prone to virality.
I lean with Jon’s idealism. I prefer the new Twitter over the old. But the tradeoffs are nuanced. There are not many clear and articulate thinkers equipped for the insanely complex times we find ourselves in.
Get a Chinese SIM card or have your iPhone under a Chinese base station, you’ll find some difference.
I’m sure Apple has done some great effort to prevent anything worse. But getting China to dictate the content maker part of Apple may be another milestone.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not the money clip, this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_sEqfIL9Q Especially the latter portion.
Jon has some great points here about let’s have the hard conversations, and i support his fearless contrarianism. However it’s more of a moralistic liberal ideal than anything resembling a real solution. I think one of the misses is the implication that we can treat people like intelligent adults, and allow them to show up as adults. Vs if we censor conversations (infantilizing the audience) the bad ideas will metast…
Fortunately, that is not the choice here. Strawman reductionism is not very productive, especially when dealing with really important consequences like reducing interactions and genuine connections between people.
> Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and > his team to be "aligned" with the company's views on topics discussed. > Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show, > Stewart reportedly decided to walk How do you Apple fanboys turn a blind eye to this level of bullshit.
For phones I get to choose between apple and google. This pales in comparison to what Google’s doing. So it’s like choosing between a punch in the face and being set on fire. I don’t like being punched in the face, but I have to have a phone.
For work, it’s between Apple and Microsoft. Again, holy mole is there a difference. Do I want this behavior from apple or ads on my desktop and forced patches in the middle of my presentation. I need a computer.
Don’t mistake this for “turning a blind eye.”