{"id":927,"date":"2014-03-03T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2014-03-02T08:20:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T16:20:50","slug":"maybe-i-should-like-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"Maybe I Should like Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been particularly fond of Apple. It has always looked more like a scary cult than a company to me. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/2014\/03\/at-apple-shareholders-meeting-tim-cook-tells-off-climate-change-deniers\/\">this recent article<\/a> about its view on ROI makes me want to reconsider:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t consider the bloody ROI.&#8221; He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t stop there, however, as he looked directly at the NCPPR representative and said, &#8220;If you want me to do things only for ROI reasons, you should get out of this stock.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-927\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=927&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-927\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?p=927&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been particularly fond of Apple. 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