Because half of us are just glad Microsoft isn’t in charge anymore. The opposite of hate is apathy, and that you ask the question suggests that you are too young to remember a lot of people used to call Microsoft the Evil Empire - a reference to Star Wars. Of course they’re doing slimy shit. They’ve always been slimy to half of us. If you forget history it will repeat.
You’ve got me on Apple though. And I say this as both a member of an Apple household and a longtime investor: It’s more or less a luxury good, it has cachet, people tie their egos to them, and we have the legacy of the Reality Distortion field that you can still see in the word choices in product launch events (and the fact that they are events).
People don’t want to believe Apple is evil like they don’t want to believe Michael touched kids inappropriately at Neverland.
They do some things domestically that make it Not My Problem... if you ignore the Hong Kong situation. But I am not empowered to fix my own government (save maybe at the local level) let alone someone else’s.
You’ve got me on Apple though. And I say this as both a member of an Apple household and a longtime investor: It’s more or less a luxury good, it has cachet, people tie their egos to them, and we have the legacy of the Reality Distortion field that you can still see in the word choices in product launch events (and the fact that they are events).
People don’t want to believe Apple is evil like they don’t want to believe Michael touched kids inappropriately at Neverland.
They do some things domestically that make it Not My Problem... if you ignore the Hong Kong situation. But I am not empowered to fix my own government (save maybe at the local level) let alone someone else’s.