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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by giantrobot on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:53PM (#38079653)
How is Apple buying all the production slots for a process in any way unethical? It's not like they're buying them and then burying the chips in a landfill. They paid TSMC's asking price for production slots. AMD or Intel could have bought those same slots but didn't. TSMC has limited capacity at 3nm, it was up for sale, Apple bought it. Where's the ethics question?
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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by lostlogin on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:48AM (#38081073)
I’ve seen argument for ‘business ethics’ before from the losing side. It’s sometimes part of a media campaign. It’s likely cheaper than legal action.
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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by ksec on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:59AM (#38085876)
>How is Apple buying all the production slots for a process in any way unethical?

This has been the case on HN for more than 5 years. Intel Fabs used to sell their industry best node to only Intel themselves, and charges a premium for those newer CPU. I guess that is unethical too.

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by warkdarrior on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @12:25PM (#38087326)
How is Google buying search defaults on all iPhones in any way unethical? It's not like they're buying them and then burying the searches in a landfill. They paid Apple's asking price for search defaults. Microsoft or Brave could have bought those same search defaults but didn't. Apple has a limited amount of search defaults on iPhones, it was up for sale, Google bought it. Where's the ethics question?
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