Imagine prostrating yourself to Trump in this embarrassing way. Sheesh.
I don’t get why people are NOW saying he’s trying to appease trump. He’s been doing it for years. He was front row at his inauguration right next to other billionaires.
Giving him a literal gold bar (though disguised as a stand) is stereotypical buying El Presidente in a Banana Republic bullshit.
I had to look it up: 24 karat is the purest form of gold. So yeah it’s a gold bar 100% lmfao
Cook isn’t handling it like solid gold though (it looks too light). I bet it’s 24 karat gold plated zinc.
You might be right. Looks light indeed for true gold.
Sounds like the US’ chickens coming home to roost. After creating those conditions with their CIA elsewhere for decades.
Smells like an opportunity to cause Apple brand damage.
And I can’t even accept a gift voucher due to anti-bribery rules? Fuck off.
Bribe. The word you’re looking for
literal fucking bribery
When you’re rich and powerful as fuck but still bend the knee to a felon rapist pedophile.
All of America’s most “powerful” people are little fucking bitches. Little bitches are calling the shots and representing us to the world. Jesus Christ how pathetic is this country going to get?
Conservatives: Hold my beer.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-is-back-on-trumps-good-side-the-cost-600-billion-113413035.html
“The move comes after Trump threatened to place a 25% tariff on Apple’s iPhones made overseas and in the face of a potential 100% tariff on semiconductors.”
Pussies
Tim Apple has turned into such a disappointing bootlicker.
In other countries this would be a criminal offense. For example in Austria: if the value of the gift is above 50000€ , it’s 6 months - 5 years; if over 300k€ it’s 1-10 years of prison.
Oh, this is 100% a criminal offense for any government employee that isn’t Donald Trump (or someone that he has decided to shield).
Low level government workers can’t even accept someone paying for their lunch.
The same loophole exists almost anywhere: “its a gift to white house or trumps library”
A gold bar gifted to an institution would still count as corruption in most sane jurisdictions. Sure those loopholes exist, but we tend to disguise them as investments or charity.
But it’s not a gold bar but a “gold base” which would be technically legal almost everywhere. It shouldn’t be but thats how loopholes are.
It’s criminal here too. But laws don’t matter anymore because the “party of law and order” decided to elevate a felon rapist pedophile.
Not sure if you know this but I find it fun to know so I’m going to share.
In English when deciding whether to use a or an you should look at the start of the following word and if it starts with a vowel sound then use an else use a.
Examples:
- An apple
- An hour (note doesn’t start with a vowel but sounds like a vowel)
- A goat
- A criminal offence
An hour
Note, this can differ by region. For example, “an historic …” is common in the UK, whereas it would be “a historic …” in the US due to accent differences.
That’s because the h is silent at the beginning of a word in the UK.
An 'istoric
A Historic makes sense if you pronounce the hard H
Yup, it’s just not so obvious when reading text if you’re not familiar w/ the accent.
Streuth (struth? 'struth? No idea how to actually write that expression)
“He is an halibut.” --Monty Python 😁
aaah i know this and normally don’t make this mistake, thank you very much tho, i will fix it right away 🫡
In other countries this would be a criminal offense.
Dialing 911 and telling my local constabulary that the President is doing crimes. But then they just laugh at me and say “We’re all doing crimes! It’s the innocent people who get thrown in jail.”
enthusiastic dick sucking noises
Like in the grapefruit technique video.
Bribery is now not just legal, but mandatory
His name really is Tim Apple now.
I’m not buying any more iPhones. I got used to them and just continued buying them. But no more.
You going to get the Trump phone, right!?
Of course he has his own phone. Let me guess, it randomly charges your account and you can’t cancel the plan?
Nah but it’s total shit, IIRC it’s mid-tier specs not even flagship. Idk why you’d want to put your name on a mid-tier phone… 🙄
Lol, thanks for the chuckle.
Lmao actually this is accurate. If I can find the article again I’ll share it
I’m going from Android to Apple soon, because I’m finally totally over all the present day Android BS. Good luck, have fun.
Word to the wise: don’t buy anything less than a flagship. Older flagship if you’re wanting to save some money. Samsung is best. I’ve played around with all kinds of mid-tier Androids & it’s a frustrating experience. The phones just don’t work well for long. Motorola sucks ass, don’t even bother.
With the mid range Pixels you get a very polished and high quality Android I’d say.
I admittedly have no personal experience with Pixel; I have observed that people who get Pixels either love them or they’re total shit & they hate them. No inbetweens, love or hate. My BIL got a shit one, but I see lots of happy Pixel owners.
I currently have an Oukitel Titan. It’s a little quirky sometimes but it’s also a beast of a phone, which makes up for any mishaps.
I recently switched from Motorola to a Pixel 9 and I’m very happy! Absolutely hated the 5 minutes that the Pixel was running stock Android tho (they remapped the Off button to an AI button and I couldn’t figure out how to power down the phone), but once that crap was gone and GrapheneOS was installed I stayed 100% content. I’m not even a particularly security focused person, but Graphene’s dedication to keeping bloatware and unnecessary dumb shit off the OS has been very appreciated
What do you mean by “don’t work well for long”?
I’ve been using my Sony Xperia phones for many years, without significant issues.
I mean I’ve just had a different experience than you, all of you. I have never had a Sony Xperia, but I’ve only heard good things.
I have been concerned about going off of main line Samsung. I did it once for the OnePlus One, which was solidly alright at the time, but then I went right back to mainline. S8 Active, SGS 20 5G FE, then that was failing & I went to Motorola but that was buggy as shit & I went back to my 20 FE until I got the Oukitel Titan.
Generally speaking, I don’t like buying a more niche product with limited support. And maybe the apps don’t work well. All of the mid, cheaper phones have bad batteries that don’t last very long, in no small part because I watch lots of videos & things that eat the battery.
The Oukitel Titan is impressive, a little obnoxiously big & slightly buggy, but not having to plug it in every blessed night makes up for any gripes I’ve got. It will make for a great Android to do Android stuff when I buy the iPhone 17.
Now that’s pathetic. Whatever happened to apple? What was even the latest cool thing they did? Seems almost irrelevant now
There’s nothing cool about Apple and never was. They’re just really good at advertising to people who don’t understand technology. You have always been able to get the same grade of technology for way cheaper by purchasing from elsewhere.
I’ve been an IT professional (as a job) for over 2 decades. I have had numerous jobs and worked with a lot of tech people. I have had exactly one fellow employee that liked Apple and that dude was straight out of high school and we hired him on as an intern at first and he knew basically nothing.
Apple is good at advertising and robbing people blind. That’s it.
Funny, I’ve been an IT professional for over 2 decades and most of my coworkers have used Macs for development and system administration.
Didn’t you watch the video? They turned a gold bar into a “stand.” Truly revolutionary, Tim apple.
Wait for the price tag on the upcoming golden monitor stand.
The latest cool things they have done: they’ve stopped being whiny little bitches & made their iPhones USB-C, with pressure from the EU. They’ve finally adopted Google’s RCS messaging protocol, which should allow Apples & Androids to play nicely together in texting.
Both of these things were massively overdue; they were being arrogant & childish for years…
Last but certainly not least: iPhones 15 & up (I think) have FREE “satellite messaging”. If you’re out in bufu & you’ve got no signal, simply put your iPhone out with a clear view of the sky…and your text messages will be relayed, received via satellite. This is a safety feature, not everyone knows it’s a thing, and personally I think it’s very, very cool.
T-Mobile should also team up with Starlink so all T-Mo customers should get free satellite text messaging. Should. But modern iPhones have free emergency text messaging here & now; that’s worth more than any “Trust me, bro, it’s totally coming”.
