▲ 635 ▼ SpaceX Begging Feds To Ground Apple-Funded Rival's Satellites (www.jalopnik.com) submitted 2 years ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (10 children) It certainly is a weird timeline when Apple is the good guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (4 children) Reminds me of March 24 to November 10, 2001, when Apple had embraced Unix and -- to some extent -- open source by releasing OS X, but had not yet pivoted towards glued-shut and DRM'd consumer electronics by releasing the iPod. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Darwin was just their version of BSD which they released in order to comply with the license, but the actual Desktop/UI was a separate stack. You could build and install Darwin, but it wouldn’t do anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago Yeah it was almost briefly cool. You could take apart and upgrade your own iPod, build your own enclosure for it permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wasn't that because they desperately needed a new OS and just acquired Steve Jobs' company NeXT who had an OS called NeXTSTEP which was based on Mach kernel and BSD. They didn't embrace Unix and open sourcing out of goodwill. permalink fedilink source parent [–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Wasn't Tim Cook one of the first to donate to Trump's Inauguration? Did they at least protest DEI scrapping (excluding some shareholders) or Gulf of Mexico rename, or bent over like rest of big tech? I'm honestly not seeing it, to me Apple is as bad as google permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago Yes. Tim Apple gave the $1M bribe to Orange Donald. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago* Tim Cook Never heard of him. Do you mean Tim Apple? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dzso@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I can think of a lot of companies that are far worse than Apple. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago It's best not to humanize corporations, especially as the arbiters of morality and ethics. It's simply a calculated risk on Apples part. I don't mean to be a negative Nancy and all "nothing good happens" it's just we can't keep letting corporations get away with being brands you can "trust" when we have all the evidence necessary to assume they are not trustworthy, just profit-seeking. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (4 children) Reminds me of March 24 to November 10, 2001, when Apple had embraced Unix and -- to some extent -- open source by releasing OS X, but had not yet pivoted towards glued-shut and DRM'd consumer electronics by releasing the iPod. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Darwin was just their version of BSD which they released in order to comply with the license, but the actual Desktop/UI was a separate stack. You could build and install Darwin, but it wouldn’t do anything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago Yeah it was almost briefly cool. You could take apart and upgrade your own iPod, build your own enclosure for it permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wasn't that because they desperately needed a new OS and just acquired Steve Jobs' company NeXT who had an OS called NeXTSTEP which was based on Mach kernel and BSD. They didn't embrace Unix and open sourcing out of goodwill. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Xatolos@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Darwin was just their version of BSD which they released in order to comply with the license, but the actual Desktop/UI was a separate stack. You could build and install Darwin, but it wouldn’t do anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Darwin was just their version of BSD which they released in order to comply with the license, but the actual Desktop/UI was a separate stack. You could build and install Darwin, but it wouldn’t do anything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago Yeah it was almost briefly cool. You could take apart and upgrade your own iPod, build your own enclosure for it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wasn't that because they desperately needed a new OS and just acquired Steve Jobs' company NeXT who had an OS called NeXTSTEP which was based on Mach kernel and BSD. They didn't embrace Unix and open sourcing out of goodwill. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Wasn't Tim Cook one of the first to donate to Trump's Inauguration? Did they at least protest DEI scrapping (excluding some shareholders) or Gulf of Mexico rename, or bent over like rest of big tech? I'm honestly not seeing it, to me Apple is as bad as google permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago Yes. Tim Apple gave the $1M bribe to Orange Donald. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago* Tim Cook Never heard of him. Do you mean Tim Apple? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago Yes. Tim Apple gave the $1M bribe to Orange Donald. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago* Tim Cook Never heard of him. Do you mean Tim Apple? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dzso@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I can think of a lot of companies that are far worse than Apple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago It's best not to humanize corporations, especially as the arbiters of morality and ethics. It's simply a calculated risk on Apples part. I don't mean to be a negative Nancy and all "nothing good happens" it's just we can't keep letting corporations get away with being brands you can "trust" when we have all the evidence necessary to assume they are not trustworthy, just profit-seeking. permalink fedilink source parent