My family and I have been having this conversation. We aren’t changing out our iPhones now - we rely on them too much. We won’t buy new Apple products, however. There are other acceptable computers and laptops made by companies without public ring-kissers at the helm, although their CEOs are undoubtedly morally compromised like Cook.
That’s the problem: once American corporate leaders decided in the 1970s-80s they no longer had to care about the common good, since only “shareholders” matter, they were free to act against the public interest when helpful to their individual fortunes.
Cook, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Thiel, Musk … etc. … apparently think bribing Trump is the current key to success, more than a society that protects the rule of law and constitutional rights of its citizens.
I believe this is tragically shortsighted, but that’s where we seem to be.
