Trump’s chip tariffs won’t hit Apple despite no plans for a US-made iPhone.

I’m sick of powerful people / companies kissing his ass, but I can’t deny that this is a smart move for getting out from under his disgusting gaze.

  • whaleross@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    23 hours ago

    It’s the other way around. Apple gave Trump a golden statue so he can kill off all their competitors. They no longer have to compete with their branding or products. It’s not smart, it’s just lazy, greedy and against any shred of decency. It’s not even capitalism, it’s plain corruption and proudly doing it in the open.

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 hours ago

      This is capitalism. In that system the money is the important part and so how you get it mostly doesn’t matter. Corruption is part of it, and they use the money to make sure the laws that would punish them don’t exist.