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by pearjuice 1582 days ago
FYI, a massive hedge fund (Fortress) has employed this "huggable" tech nerd as PR-symbol to lead a claims lawsuit bandwagoning on the hatred for Big Tech. Ironically, the same guy (Alexander Klopping) ran a company which offered a subscription based magazine/newspaper aggregator also taxing all publishers 30%.

edit: not sure why this is getting downvoted. This is a for-profit claim. Alexander describes himself as tech nerd. His positive public image comes from many bubbly media appearances explaining tech in a way the common denominator watching prime TV can understand. The company he ran is called "Blendle" and also added a 30% tax for all publishers which was reflected in the subscription price for consumers. Most people in the board of the foundation are notorious in the for-profit claim industry.
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meepmorp 1582 days ago
> not sure why this is getting downvoted.

Because this is a thread for airing grievances about Apple, not the context behind the linked article or who's involved in a lawsuit.

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DaiPlusPlus 1582 days ago
> Because this is a thread for airing grievances about Apple

I'll start by expressing my disappointment in the lack of a deleted [Delete] button on MacBook Pro keyboards. I resent having to use Fn+Backspace on Macs when all of my Windows laptops (I <3 ThinkPads) and Mac full-size desktop keyboards have a forward-delete key.

It's another example of Apple valuing visual and aesthetic simplicity over user-needs.

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