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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 17:27:59 -0500
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badgolferman wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-03-29, Indira <indira@ghandi.net> wrote:
>>> Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What about the cost of their reputation?
>>>>
>>>> If you cared about reputation, you wouldn't be here trolling day in and
>>>> day out and getting your asses handed to you. Also, reputation isn't
>>>> what matters in a court of law. That's not how it works in the real
>>>> world.
>>>
>>> blah blah blah half a billion dollars blah blah blah
>>
>> Apple rakes in almost 1 million dollars a minute.
>>
> 
> Many successful businesses have chased the dollar and put out defective or
> lower quality products. Just look at Boeing.
> 

This is perfectly acceptable according to the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.

http://marvin.cs.uidaho.edu/About/ferengi.html

Apple and boeing are not alone.