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Apple has gotten so big it's almost overtaken France's entire stock market::The tech giant shows no signs of easing as combined market value of companies listed in Paris was almost $3.2 trillion versus Apple's $3.1 trillion.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What no repairability, a huge walled garden and the conditioning of teens to bully others over bubble colours does to a stock price

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Definitely not just a teen thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

This kinda makes it sound like Abercrombie and Fitch back in the days… guess they still miss the smell tho

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, it's pretty easy to overtake France. Just ask Germany!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

In a few months every apple device flashes the message "feed me a France"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the early 2010s my buddies and I imagined an RTS with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as primary opposing factions.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

If you want a good book series that explores unchecked rampant corporatocracies in the near/distant future, check out The Unincorporated Man. 10/10

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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