Neither this, nor the articles before it were intellectually interesting. Corporate taxes are politics, and have yet to foster any stimulating discussion (other than emotional rants).

It's not an fascinating moral issue, and it's not illegal. I could not care less.

The profit maximization puzzle usually involves tax minimization. Just because startups typically ignore it doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

I guess you're right. I usually dislike such topics, but I have kind of a soft spot for Apple (not as a company, but as what they supposedly stand for: simplicity, unification of hardware and software, trying to deliver an experience rather than a product) and find these stories interesting.

But you're right: HN is not the place for such discussions. I'll refrain from posting anything like this again.