Marco Arment

It's both sides.

It's, oh, both sides have good people.

That's what this is.

It's so despicable.

And I know why he's doing it.

I know.

Look.

Part of it is he's trying to protect Apple in the Trump era and you kind of have to just suck up a lot to do that.

I get that.

Also, Apple gets tariff exceptions.

Apple has the government do things like block competition from Huawei and stuff from being used.

Apple has the Justice Department now kind of just disappearing things from being looked at.

Like,

Apple benefits a lot from government stuff that is giving them advantages, unfair advantages or illegal advantages sometimes, but it's giving them advantages.

So it isn't just about defending Apple's business from having retribution.

Tim Cook is getting a lot of favors from the government that help Apple continue doing things that are kind of despicable.

It's not all roses.

He's not this wonderful leader who's throwing himself under the bus out of the grace of his heart.

No, he's a bullshitter.

He is a CEO who extracts advantages from the government by trading favors and gold trinkets and BS like that.