Most major news outlets were reporting on the derailment shortly after, and yet I see this narrative continually being pushed that nobody reported on it. Yes, we should blame people for pushing such an easily debunked conspiracy theory. The reality is that we live in the social media era, and nobody knew or cared about the derailment until some people screamed about a black cloud on a viral TikTok clip.
People should be held to a bare minimum expectation to inform themselves properly before acting as if our government and media are horrendously corrupt.
Examples of articles on mainstream sites reporting on the derailment soon after the event (some articles showed up on the front pages as well):
Most free marketers don't think the government should enforce all of their moral beliefs. You can be morally against an act of a private company and still believe they have the right to do it. If a company is behaving poorly, and we have a free market, there will probably be alternatives for people to take their business to.
Yes, because buying an Android phone instead of an iPhone is like moving to another country.
As a consumer, you can push for improvements by voting with your wallet and flat out not buying Apple products. As a developer, you can push for improvements by not supporting that platform. Given that you have alternatives to Apple both as a developer and as a consumer, I don't think there's any justification for the government to force Apple to accept Epic blatantly breaking the terms they agreed to comply with.
People should be held to a bare minimum expectation to inform themselves properly before acting as if our government and media are horrendously corrupt.
Examples of articles on mainstream sites reporting on the derailment soon after the event (some articles showed up on the front pages as well):
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/train-derailment-causes-mas... https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-ohio-evacuations-fir... https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-train-derailment-causes-mass... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/04/us/east-palestine-ohio-tr...