Al Gore To Leave Apple Board After 21-Year Run; Company Reveals CEO Tim Cook’s Pay Dropped 36% In 2023 After Shareholder Pressure::Former Vice President Al Gore will exit Apple’s board of directors, the company said in an SEC filing that also revealed a pay drop for CEO Tim Cook.

  • stratosfear@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    Wait, the guy who claimed to be for the environment was on the board of a company that contributes unnecessary e-waste by not allowing their hardware to last its rightful lifespan?? Wish I could say I was shocked…

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      8 months ago

      My 2013 MacBook Pro is running Linux and kicking ass. So, although they dropped os upgrades after 7 years, I think it says a lot about their desktops. The same cannot be said with their iOS devices, as I have an iPod Touch V1 that could be put to good use if only I could run Ubuntu touch.

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        8 months ago

        Literally any PC made in the last decade will run Linux like a champ. It has nothing to do with it being made by Apple

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      8 months ago

      You say that, meanwhile Apple is the benchmark in providing software updates and support for their devices. Just a few years ago, Android manufacturers were not even providing 2 years of updates.

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        8 months ago

        Both are bad, Apple needs to stop the parts locking (like not being able to use all the features on a replaced screen without their approval), and Android companies have to be better about giving support for their phones.

        Keep both accountable, let’s leave the console wars bs in 2008.

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          8 months ago

          I agree, and I am not here trying to start some Apple vs Android war. My comparison was just to give some perspective on the competition.

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            8 months ago

            The thing is, there is no one monolithic competition called “Android”, it’s a host of vendors and manufacturers that have agreed on a common operating system. You will see a great amount of variation between all the different Android OEMs, variation that also affects software support.

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        8 months ago

        Yes but the android phone will still work fine for at least the next decade and all apps on the play store will still work on that phone for the next decade.

        On apple, if you never update your phone, eventually you won’t be able to update or install apps because they require a version on iOS you’re not on. We don’t have this problem on android. Most android apps can run on Android 6 and up.

        We are now on Android 14. 6 was a very long time ago…