One of the things about Tim Cook, that people don’t really talk about (which, IMO, is appropriate), is that he’s openly gay.
Most times, this doesn’t mean anything, but there’s very few demographics that understand the need for privacy and data protection, better than gay folks.
I used to think this, too. His recent ring-kissing antics have changed my mind. He, too, can be bought for a price.
You don't write a check for a million dollars to a person who is actively trying to decimate the gay community and still get to wear the rainbow flag.
Genuine question: what would you have him do at that point instead? It’s notable that he did that after all the other billionaires did it. Apple can’t go alone on this, they’d be taken apart by a right wing smear campaign (and possibly violence against Apple stores — how many thousands of Apple employees would be affected?).
Collective action, even in corporate America, is required to beat these people. The failure here is that like-minded execs didn’t preemptively gather to prevent this outcome in the first place. If you want to be unhappy with Tim Cook, be unhappy that he was too politically naive for too long.
This is the exact mindset the Germans put forth when questioned after the war: What should we have done anyway? We were just following orders. We didn’t know what would happen. They would only have taken us, too, if we resisted.
If a few more of us would have stood up at the time, the world could look very differently today.
Most times, this doesn’t mean anything, but there’s very few demographics that understand the need for privacy and data protection, better than gay folks.
I used to think this, too. His recent ring-kissing antics have changed my mind. He, too, can be bought for a price.
You don't write a check for a million dollars to a person who is actively trying to decimate the gay community and still get to wear the rainbow flag.