I think at one point homebrew had to crowdfund buying Mac minis, so not surprised
This is what I love about HN: the actual people behind the stories comment here.
How is it acceptable that Apple donates just now? Even more so when Apple themselves use Homebrew. tags:#apple
edit: I don't mind the foreseen responseless downvotes. This is more of a personal note on yet another reason to stay away from APPL after having problems with iPhone 6 CPU throtling and MacBook Pro keyboard fiasco.
Homebrew isn't a cross-platform thing. It's written by MacOS users for MacOS users. (Although I guess it now also supports Linux.) The project didn't need anything from Apple as long as Apple was using generally-available hardware.
Once Apple announced new hardware, they donated hardware to avoid the brew devs needing to buy new hardware. I'm not sure why anyone would expect anything before then.
The least I would expect from a tax evading megacorp like Apple was to support the development of a tool that's so widespread and important to developers on macs. That would be the smart thing to do.
The fact that homebrew is specific to macs only adds insult to injury because that's even more reason to support such a tool and strengthen their ecosystem.
Throwing a bone so late in the game with no extra support other than a few beta machines worth a single week of one developer's income is laughable.
I shouldn't be surprided by Apple's stinginess. Last time they got hacked by a one-of-a-kind security research team which found dozens of vulnerabilities, the team was paid within 6 digits what could easily sell for 7 ou perhaps 8 digits to state actors. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24718078
Could any global corporation pay more in taxes? Absolutely.
But paying $35 billion in taxes and being the world's largest tax payer is not nothing [1].
[1]: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/11/the-facts-about-apple...
Well here are some non-biased results from Google's first page for your education:
- Apple Avoided $40 Billion in Taxes. Now It Wants a Gold Star https://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-bi...
- Silicon Valley giants accused of avoiding over $100 billion in taxes over the last decade. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/02/silicon-valley-giants-accuse...
It's amazing how far Apple supporters will go to defend Apple stealing their own money.
It could be that people are reacting less in defense of Apple and more to your obvious passionate hatred of the company.
Travelling far to a "genius store" to show a stuttering iPhone only to be told that the battery is still not broken enough for warranty despite the phone having to slow down to protect the underprovisioned underplaned battery is like being called a clown and a liar.
And diminishing tax evasion denounced by multiple unbiased entities to "people can't reason with Large numbers" is a disservice to those who could use those billions in health care.