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by tacker2000 1071 days ago
Yea but Apple didnt sue the government because of some issues affecting the profitability of their main business model. This comparison makes no sense.

Companies that have made similar moves are Uber, Airbnb for example, but not Apple.
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JumpCrisscross 1071 days ago
> but Apple didnt sue the government because of some issues affecting the profitability of their main business model

Fine, Disney. Or hell, Oracle [1] and Boeing [2]. Is there a serious view that someone suing the government always does so out of desperation?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infra...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSeries_dumping_petition_by_Bo...

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dotnet00 1071 days ago
While I generally agree that suing the government isn't in and of itself and indicator of desperation, I also feel like there's a distinction between the lawsuits that are always immediately thrown around contesting government contract awards compared to lawsuits filed against legislation.

In the former, companies sue because it doesn't really cost them much to try and see if something works out in their favor, while in the latter they're suing because the legislation would have some negative effect on their existing business.

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