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49. Well not Apple. Tim Cook also donated $1 million

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 06:12 PM

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https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration

I guess everyone is stuck with Linux.

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Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump's inaugural fund [View all] SupportSanity Friday OP

thats actually peanuts compared to what they are worth samnsara Friday #1

But it's graft. Shameless and in our faces. Scrivener7 Friday #8

Do I have to stop using Microsoft products now? Shall I stop using Google, Gmail, and my Android phone? Oopsie Daisy Friday #2

Or will I have to tattoo it across my forehead so that everyone notices? ItsjustMe Friday #5

Ha! 😂🤪 Oopsie Daisy Friday #6

Well not Apple. Tim Cook also donated $1 million LeftInTX Friday #49

Nobody is stuck with Linux ItsjustMe Friday #53

You seem bothered by suggestions here that we should Scrivener7 Friday #7

⭐️ Oopsie Daisy Friday #11

Your scorn is noted. You have a lovely day. Scrivener7 Friday #14

Ditto. Oopsie Daisy Friday #26

Tough to not support corruption when corruption is ruling and in power. SupportSanity Friday #41

Keep giving money to companies working against you benefits who? Blue Full Moon Friday #18

Do you have Apple products? Their CEO donated $1 million also. LeftInTX Friday #50

You basically can't boycott monopolies erodriguez Friday #21

I manage RainCaster Friday #25

No MacBook? Polybius Friday #36

Never got into Macs- rather expensive for my taste RainCaster Friday #47

I will be switching to Linux, also. I have two machines SupportSanity Friday #42

Mint with Cinnamon desktop will be very easy RainCaster Friday #46

Great. I'll give that a try. SupportSanity Friday #48

Linux isn't for everyone. You generally gotta be good with computers. LeftInTX Friday #51

Home ownership isn't for everyone either RainCaster Friday #56

Too many people don't want to be bothered with anything computers. I do digital data for our local group. LeftInTX Friday #57

Exactly Farmer-Rick Friday #27

One person can't boycott a monopoly effectively. But a large group can be very effective. SupportSanity Friday #43

I don't suppose any of us "have" to do anything. Lord knows I pick and choose. Magoo48 Friday #24

So Apple or Android? Both donated to Trump. erodriguez Friday #54

I'd call it a down payment. no_hypocrisy Friday #3

Yep. It is just the beginning of the oligarchs giving Trump a cut of their profits. Irish_Dem Friday #10

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Donating $1 Million to Donald Trump's Inauguration Fund ItsjustMe Friday #4

Shame on you Tim Cook nwliberalkiwi Friday #37

"Shame on you" shouted at a person who has no shame. SupportSanity Friday #44

They don't even hide their corrupt bribe payments to Trump. Irish_Dem Friday #9

They are businesses, and they know they're facing a vindictive malignant narcissist William Seger Friday #12

linux Unladen Swallow Friday #13

😂 ItsjustMe Friday #17

I hear the Mint distro of Linux is good for beginners. SupportSanity Friday #45

Eh...Obama received $44 million in donations for his 2013 Inaguration Bengus81 Friday #15

No one should watch this or attend it. travelingthrulife Friday #30

It's disgusting BlueKota Friday #16

for better or worse it's standard practice cadoman Friday #59

How much do they donate to Children's Cancer Research? purr-rat beauty Friday #19

Google and Microsoft donated to President Biden's inauguration in 2021 PJMcK Friday #20

while they are at it make all their employees attend it as a national holiday mdbl Friday #22

Boy, this is some serious fear we're seeing in people and companies. ananda Friday #23

Sickening... Juneboarder Friday #28

They would be obnoxiousdrunk Friday #29

No. That would be political in nature and they don't do that. travelingthrulife Friday #32

A million dollars they can piss away on a party but they can't pay their taxes travelingthrulife Friday #31

Has any firm gone for donating an insultingly small amount, eg one dollar? muriel_volestrangler Friday #33

Why don't these assholes kacekwl Friday #34

Bribery doesn't cost The Wizard Friday #35

I implore someone to calculate joanbarnes Friday #38

if only markie Friday #39

How much have they donated to the victims of the L.A. fires? Owens Friday #40

Why wouldn't they? Trump has made it perfectly clear he is a transactional President. The walkingman Friday #52

Friends with deep pockets need to stick together. I wish I could dump both of them Beringia Friday #55

JESUS! Looks like I need another search engine.... Jack Valentino Friday #58