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Apple CEO Tim Cook Talks Diversity and Coming Out in New People Interview
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Tim Cook isn't a confused man, he knows exactly what he is doing. Improving the company's image with a false sense of morality is all well and good, but only as long as that Chinese money continues to flow in.
He (and Apple) lecture constantly. The emoji squirt gun is it’s own form of lecture.
I wonder if Tim had to get the approval from China before giving the interview :
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?I miss key boards that don't break.
But more, I miss Steve Jobs as Apple back then was exciting. Tim is like a dead fish on stage. He is so uncomfortable on stage it makes me uncomfortable to watch him. Also I don't think Tim cares too hoots about Macs as he has made them a low priority (unless we are talking dongles.. he loves his dongles).
I think Tim can take his 10k watches, macbook (12inch was a disaster), his Iphone humpback battery case, his touch bar, that stupid speaker with no functionality, and all his dongles and join Steve Balmer at the loser table.
What a load of crap. Any data to back that up or baseless speculation? And are you also whining about Tinder? Or is it only those "promiscuous gays" that are the problem?
I’ve been saying it for years, I’d say the _only_ real strong candidate to take over for Cook is Jeff Williams. They need an internal candidate like Williams to bring his intelligence, passion for health, understanding of the the company morals and infrastructure, and overall, he is formidable and seems like he would be a great leader based off his stage appearances and interviews.
Nope. As much as you may have difficulty wrapping your mind around it, they just disagree with you. And, despite your treatise, so do I.
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As opposed to gun toatin' conservatives who don't discriminate and just toss everyone off a cliff who don't fall in line with their ideology?
I’m perhaps not a fan of his recent pandering to China and the kind of ‘pick and choose’ morlaity, this doesn’t detract from the fact his coming out helped a lot of people - myself included. Seeing that things could get better in that you could have a career and be respected was massive. When he came out I was an 18 year old who felt I was doomed to a life of pretending to be straight, that I’d never be able to come out and that if I did it would be the end of life as I know it. Having a postive role model helped me a lot to get to the point of far greater self acceptance at 23, and being on the journey of coming out.
boom and there we have it, a perfectly timed publicity stunt to remind us how moral Tim and apple really are
What ’Lifestyle choices‘ are you referring to here? Oh straight people never have extra martial sex or sex at young ages or anything like that do they?
Being gay isn’t a lifestyle choice. Gay men turn to apps like Grindr because they aren’t out yet and it is too difficult to date when not out, let alone the difficulty of finding someone to date if they are out.
Out of curiosity what's the demographics where he lives?
If the answer is what we all know it to be (95% white), then why does he choose to live there? Wouldn't a more diverse neighborhood be a strength?
If the answer is what we all know it to be (95% white), then why does he choose to live there? Wouldn't a more diverse neighborhood be a strength?
I wish they would drop the focus on new "diversity emojis" and fix their hardware and software products. Steve would have never let their product spectrum become such a mess.
DesertNomad
An Apple user and developer since 1986.
DesertNomad
An Apple user and developer since 1986.
I feel like Apple building only large phones is ignoring the diversity of iPhone users that like small phones.
As a shareholder, I'd appreciate if you could show your math.
WHo exactly cares about his sexual orientation?
What I do care, as a long time Apple users, is about his lack of a vision.
He is a perfect bean counter. The right man in the management, but definitely the wrong CEO.
He was the right choice in the chaos following Jobs’ death, but it’s time to have a more inspired CEO in command.
Tim Cook’s price policy is idiotic, especially outside US. Let us speak about 128 Gb MacBook and 64 Gb iphone 11 Pro...
What I do care, as a long time Apple users, is about his lack of a vision.
He is a perfect bean counter. The right man in the management, but definitely the wrong CEO.
He was the right choice in the chaos following Jobs’ death, but it’s time to have a more inspired CEO in command.
Tim Cook’s price policy is idiotic, especially outside US. Let us speak about 128 Gb MacBook and 64 Gb iphone 11 Pro...
Apple as of today is much much better.
But it could be even better with a more inspired CEO.
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Maybe not, but there’s nothing worse than China...Yeah because America is the paragon of virtue
It's all PR.
He came out as gay in Silicon Valley, one of the most liberal and progressive places in the country, how courageous of him. He damn well knew that reactions would be positive.
Then Apple started making their spots more diverse. You know what I mean if you've seen any of the latest keynotes, majority of the people in Apple's spots are people of color.
Those are cheap and easy ways to speak to the identity politics crowd without actually doing anything of substance.
I suggest you to take a look at Apple value in the last 9 years, dude...
This post seems like more of a screed against Grindr than anything else.
I can assure you that my first gay "experience" was far more sordid than the one you've imagined. This was a long time ago, before Grindr, before iPhone, before the Internet, before the Mac, and before the Commodore 64. It involved a perfect stranger and took place inside an iconic landmark that 20-90 million people saw on their televisions each week in the opening credits of a hit TV show.
I've never used Grindr, and it doesn't appeal to me. Partly because I came of age making eye contact with attractive strangers across crowded, smoky (and later smoke-free) bars. But mostly because I've been off the market for longer than Grinder has been around.
If Grindr didn't exist, then something would take its place. It was (so I heard) a major use that people had for Craig's List. Before that, there were AOL chat rooms. Baths, bars, gas station rest rooms, sand dunes, etc. You're not going to stop gay teens from having that first "experience". But, just maybe, with high profile role models such as Cook and positive images for gay people in popular culture, more gay teens can be out at a younger age, and they can loose their innocence the way their heterosexual cohorts do: with their date on Prom Night.
as a shareholder I couldn’t disagree more.
As opposed to conservatives who only help limousine owners and only acknowledge oppression if it’s invented and against themselves.
Cook has done an amazing job running Apple. He may not be a product visionary but he doesn't need to be in order to be a successful CEO.