Post ArW2H4hUy4syn0EBE0 by JasonAnthonyGuy@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ArW2H4hUy4syn0EBE0 by JasonAnthonyGuy@mastodon.social
       2025-02-26T15:46:29Z
       
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       This is Apple’s first direct challenge to a “core” principle. Let’s see how they do….Trump: “Apple should get rid of DEI rules, not just make adjustments to them.”“He has called them discriminatory and suggested the Department of Justice could investigate if such efforts violate the law.”https://www.reuters.com/technology/trump-says-apple-should-eliminate-diversity-policies-2025-02-26/
       
 (DIR) Post #ArW2H5iFCn4nvbaI1g by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2025-02-26T16:19:01Z
       
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       @JasonAnthonyGuy Not the first?China challenged them on privacy (remove VPN apps; store data locally): they caved.UK challenged them on privacy (remove end to end encryption in iCloud): they caved.Now this. Guess what they’re going to do?No trillion-dollar corporation is your friend.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArWElantNAdyUcXL2O by JasonAnthonyGuy@mastodon.social
       2025-02-26T18:39:31Z
       
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       @aral True, with the caveat that I’m being Trump/US-specific. Also, privacy is as much a reason-to-sell-products as it is a “core” principle. DEI (or as Apple usually calls it, “Inclusion and Diversity”) is a different beast, and Apple has been supporting it way longer than privacy has been a “thing”. I feel a change in their DEI/I&D posture would represent a shift in the soul of the company.The pressure has been applied; let’s see if they withstand it, or fold.