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Miles Archer

(22,038 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 02:42 PM 8 hrs ago

TIM COOK? F*CK Apple. That company sold you a Feel-Good Namaste Zen Hippie load of marketing BULLSH*T.

I'm STUNNED by the number of people who are "disappointed" in Tim Cook for partying with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in the wake of a SECOND person being executed on our city streets by ICE.

Apple sold and IMAGE as aggressively as they sold PRODUCTS.

I WORKED THERE...a YEAR AND A HALF'S worth of contract jobs, during the Scully years, when the company stood a very legitimate chance of GOING UNDER.

The public has this image of Apple Computer as two hippies passing a bong in a tent at Woodstock.

I WORKED THERE. It's not what happens behind those walls.

I know next to nothing about Cook (and am OK with that). My days at Apple were over before Steve Jobs returned to save the day.

I could give two fucks at this point if Cook wants to bring his knee pads to Mar-a-Lago.

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TIM COOK? F*CK Apple. That company sold you a Feel-Good Namaste Zen Hippie load of marketing BULLSH*T. (Original Post) Miles Archer 8 hrs ago OP
Yup fuck that guy -- he ruined everything Apple stood for... and more Blue Owl 8 hrs ago #1
Not everyone, but many of the folks I know mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #2
I had the batteries fry in 2 rather expensive Apple products Miles Archer 7 hrs ago #3
You worked during the Mac cloning era. We have 2 Radius Macs MagickMuffin 7 hrs ago #4
I have nothing bad to say about Apple bif 6 hrs ago #5

mwmisses4289

(3,416 posts)
2. Not everyone, but many of the folks I know
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:19 PM
7 hrs ago

who made the "mistake" (their words, not mine) of purchasing apple/macintosh products couldn't wait to get rid of them. The biggest complaint many of them had, besides how ridiculously expensive apple products ended up being, was having to wait up to a year to get a new machine so they could get apps other folks got almost as soon as they come out.

Miles Archer

(22,038 posts)
3. I had the batteries fry in 2 rather expensive Apple products
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:38 PM
7 hrs ago

I had a "Video Ipod." Battery fried. At the time, the cost to send it to Apple for battery replacement was the same as buying a new Ipod.

An iPhone. I use StraighTalk for my phone service (Walmart) and buy my phones from them, so this was an older (but still $200) phone.

Battery fried, went with a Samsung Android as a replacement.

DONE with Apple. Not because of Cook. Because of their products.

MagickMuffin

(18,118 posts)
4. You worked during the Mac cloning era. We have 2 Radius Macs
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:39 PM
7 hrs ago

They were affordable and worked just as well. After Scully left and Jobs returned the cloning came to an end.

I have Apple products but haven’t bought anything new for quite a while and have never own their phones. I don’t have an issue with their products.

I still have my 17” MacBook Pro, it still runs perfectly, however, the display is a goner, I have it hooked up to an external monitor. An iPod with toggle wheel. Plus too many others to mention.

My mates MacBook’s decided to exit this world the same day as Jobs.




bif

(26,744 posts)
5. I have nothing bad to say about Apple
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:47 PM
6 hrs ago

I have owned several apple computers and now use an old MacBook Pro. My has a new MacBook Pro. We both have iPhones. And I've owned a bunch of Apple stock since 2000.

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