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Apple CEO Tim Cook this week traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with top Republican lawmakers, reports Bloomberg. Cook is said to be aiming to create ties with the GOP as it prepares to assume control of the House in the new year.
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Cook has scheduled meetings with Ohio's Jim Jordan, California's Darrell Issa, and Washington's Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Jordan and McMorris Rodgers will likely be involved with committees that are overseeing the tech industry, heading up the House Judiciary Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, respectively.
Apple is dealing with U.S. antitrust legislation that could result in major changes to the company's App Store policies. There are five separate bipartisan bills that are being considered, and just this week, Twitter CEO Elon Musk spurred lawmaker interest in Apple with his claim that Apple has threatened to "withhold Twitter from its App Store" and has stopped advertising on Twitter.
As Bloomberg points out, Cook's meetings were scheduled weeks before Musk's Twitter rant, but Twitter could be a topic of discussion. Jim Jordan, who Cook is meeting with, has publicly supported Musk, for example.
Cook will also meet with Republican Senator John Cornyn from Texas, Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich from New Mexico and Democratic Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii as Apple aims to steer regulators away from App Store legislation and questions about the company's device manufacturing in China.
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Oh, he could be a keyboard warrior, like you-know... but instead, he is being a businessman.
Tim IS focusing on Apple and protecting its cash cow services business (30% Apple tax revenue).
I wonder if he ‘synced’ up with John Podesta while in town
Tim is quite happy here
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Tim is quite happy here
Wow, it was only years earlier worked at IBM NC, down the hall from my family member's office. Now, this.......scary What next What next Whitehouse?👀
Wow, just wow. Yeah, those violent, racist republicans burned down all those cities all by themselves. In liberally-run cities and states.
That's funny, I was thinking the same about having to meet with Nancy Pelosi's giant plastic eyebrows. We could paint those things yellow and install them in a McDonald's PlayPlace (do they still have those?) in a disadvantaged part of town somewhere. Kids could ride them, and since they're made of non-organic materials, they would last longer than the pyramids!
Woke and ethics lecture goes down the drain when it is all about the color green... 😁
Better hug those republicans tight Tim!
Better hug those republicans tight Tim!
"weeks before Musk's Twitter rant"....
Macrumors showing how it's world class journalism can be totally unbiased!
I would be critical of Apple too if they were threatening my business and trying to shut down freedom of speech.
Macrumors showing how it's world class journalism can be totally unbiased!
I would be critical of Apple too if they were threatening my business and trying to shut down freedom of speech.
Tim looks more ruthless than the Mafia with this picture.
That’s when you know the kool-aid is good. One side is bad.
As for Tim, what does he hope to actually accomplish? Bribe politicians? So more of the same in the great system we have in the US…corporatization of our politics.
It would take Tim Cook's paycheck to get me to tolerate sitting in a room with Jim Jordan.
Agreed, for the most part those names listed are the far right lunatic caucus.
Ps regarding the unhappy Tim I wish there was video of him telling the hedge fund guy who questioned Apple’s ROI from investments into Accessibility to get out of Apple stock. What a glorious moment it must have been!
Free reign. LoL LoL LoL. He has to obey their laws if he wants their business. How quick would he keep that market if he flipped the bird?
His profits here help to subsidize all our iPhones.
That said I too would pay more, ca 10%, for a non Chinese iPhone.
And he would say “yes, under their law we had to. Unlike you guys, we respect the laws where we operate.”
You realize how silly this sounds?
Adults are talking policy and you’re on about an old lady’s eyebrows?
And for all those cities? It was a few buildings, some of which were torched by now convicted white supremest agent provocateurs.
In the meantime national crime statistics show the alarming rates of crime, under education and poor healthcare, are in gop controlled areas.
You really should switch off right wing news or get off Facebook man, the nonsense you have bought into is making you silly.
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Probably because you with your casual implied homophobia aren’t in the picture.
Maybe Mr Podesta was bringing Tim up to date about things involving his wife and 3 kids.
Judging by the pic of Tim heading the article, it looks like he would rather wade through elephant dung than meet with Republucan lawmakers