Anil Dash comes out swinging here, and he’s got a point.
Cook made a mealy-mouthed entreaty to Donald Trump, slathering him with compliments that were as numerous as they were false, and then used his sweaty palms to assemble a ghastly glass-and-gold trophy for a room full of press cameras. It is, quite literally, the most grim and embarrassing thing that’s ever been done in Apple’s name
Apple has more power in the market than they are ready to admit, and it’s embarrassing to see these so called free market libertarians very literally bend a knee.
It’s time to be angry because everything else isn’t working.