For me, Tim Cook will always and forever be that fake design award he gave Trump.

[michaelimodenwald@hessen.social]

@inthehands Wasn’t the ‘prize’ more of a bit of irony?

[paul_stilgar@mastodon.social]

@GOKUSHRM @inthehands

What was purchased before has been paid for and whether or not you use it will not change anything.
If Europeans need to change the equipment, buy non-Amerikkkan brands.

However, you should no longer buy an app from the store.

I had AirPods, iphone, and Watch (older than 7 years) that had battery problems. So I changed everything to European brands.
When my iPad must be changed, I will do the same thing ( event if the orange guy is dead) .

#boycottusa #eu

[peterfr@mastodon.art]

@inthehands not only cook, the whole brand. they cared about where and how to put that logo. until they put it on an ugly trophy to kneel in front of everything the brand* never stood for.

*in case one believes in that “brand”/“value” stuff

[okonow@mastodon.social]

@inthehands Tim Cook is and always will be the wrong man for the job at Apple.

[ahltorp@mastodon.nu]

@Pettet8 @inthehands Yeah, supporting this other guy seems perfectly reasonable, right?

Donald Trump tells tech CEOs at White House dinner: 'Google had a very good day yesterday'; CEO Sundar Pichai replies - The Times of India

Tech News : Donald Trump held a White House dinner for tech leaders. He congratulated Google's Sundar Pichai on winning an antitrust case. Pichai thanked Trump's

The Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@inthehands

Agreed, but it's not just the prize — it's what it signifies. It's an implicit admission that #Apple is willing to bend over for #Maga, and you won't necessarily get to hear about it.

[theogrin@chaosfem.tw]

@inthehands

When one's so shallow that they're willing to give an accolade to a cypher of a man, just for praise, the rest of one's ideas are much more likely to be likewise bereft of depth.

I'd say the 'award' is a perfectly reasonable microcosm of Cook's career.

[pettet8@mastodon.social]

@ahltorp @inthehands same old, #DeBigTech open source is the key and the future.
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[ahltorp@mastodon.nu]

@Pettet8 I agree, but there are unfortunately so many things that need one or the other of big tech. An example: In almost all aspects of society in Sweden, the bank association’s ID solution is mandatory to get anything done. That solution requires either Apple or Google infrastructure (and in addition a relationship with a major Swedish bank).

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Paul_stilgar @inthehands if we want to fight against apple or google or Microsoft, 1st we need to stop using them... I hate apple so I never bought anything from apple... I hate MS so I don't use computer or laptop.. Whenever I'll buy pc or laptop I'll use Linux directly. I hate Google so I'm using DeGoogled phone (asus). Some people asked me to use GrapheneOS, I told them I'll use it but with other brand, not with pixel. Without removing thm completely from life u can't say to anyone that..

[gokushrm@mastodon.social]

@Paul_stilgar @inthehands.. That we are against them. I m watching many post that telling everyone that we are against them we hate thm. But even can't stop using the company stuffs.

[placebo@mastodon.ie]

@inthehands I'll also remember him for his abundant enthusiasm.

[marcusmasto@mas.to]

@inthehands

[pettet8@mastodon.social]

@ahltorp "..You can fully interact with French banks using their own apps, websites, and payment solutions. Apple or Google infrastructure is only necessary if you choose to use their specific services (e.g., Apple Pay, Google Pay, or fintech apps that rely on them).."

[fichek@mastodon.social]

@inthehands give him a break, poor guy probably just had to pay a ransom to the orangeutan to keep his name out of Epstein files.

[jeffmcneill@hachyderm.io]

@inthehands that fake award wasn't the supply chain optimization he thought it was...

[ahltorp@mastodon.nu]

@Pettet8 That is also true with (most) Swedish banks if you only need to perform classic bank transactions. If you need to send money immediately to someone, though, like paying for something at a bake sale, you have to use BankID, and thus Apple or Google phones. And the bake sale won’t accept cash, and even if they do, they won’t have change.

There are so many other things that are either impossible or artificially made much more complicated by not having it. You are expected to have BankID.

[wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.ai]

@sashin @nunesgh @inthehands I couldn't agree more.

[chu@climatejustice.social]

@inthehands

That's like the Fifa peace prize.

They do soccer?

[sgns@mastodon.social]

@MichaelimOdenwald You might be on to something. Had to look it up - it was not a prize, but a commemorative disk for the announcement to "increase [their] investment in U.S. manufacturing by an additional $100 billion over the next four years". (https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/trump-announces-apple-investing-another-100-billion-in-us-manufacturing/?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

Maybe not so much a bribe as a "try to remember what we did for a while there", with some gold from Utah (un?)helpfully added to the base to give it a nice weight.

Well. If so, then we at least now know it worked – on *us*