Never said what you should do, you were the one who attacked my character and what I would teach my children.
You implied if one wants to work in your industry they need a macbook. I accept your premise that you might be turned away from good opportunities for not having one, although that will vary from person to person of course.
What I am saying is that what constitutes a good job also varies. One that pays marginally less but allows you to maintain your values, might be worth more to someone than a job that pays more but doesnt fit their values.
What you are teaching your kids is a narrow perspective, and it might work out fine but I find that limiting so I choose to teach my kids that values come first, even if they evolve over time.
Also, you are deflecting quite a bit, charity work has nothing to do with other actions, surely you know that. I also never called you wealthy, I referenced the pursuit of wealth, which is very common in American culture.
I disagree, people don't live in isolation, everything you do has some effect elsewhere. Thats far more true when you have kids, as you brought up, because they will copy your ideas and methods.
You can definitely say it has no other affect on you personally than your bank balance, and thats fine. I am concerned about external affects though because I value reducing harm no matter how much unrelated good I do.
Dude, it's a consumer choice. No one is forcing anyone to buy a Mac. Why on Earth is this the hill you want to die on when there are vastly bigger problems going on?
Also, what's it to you what I choose to buy? I don't give a shit about anything you've ever bought in your entire life. I guarantee that.
Because you didn't just disagree. You suggested I was doing some sort of immoral thing by choosing to make a survivable amount of money by using the industry standard.
Go ahead and research apples business practices yourself. I honestly don't care what you do or don't do. If you have nothing else to add to the discussion then I am not going to argue with you.
Yes, I know about Apple's business practices. I also know about Google's business practices and Microsoft's business practices and the business practices of all the companies that provide both the components and the final assembly of the hardware you're using right now and I have news for you: they're all guilty of horrific behavior.
You're just scapegoating one of them and letting all the others off the hook. Otherwise you're as immoral as I am just for using those devices and benefiting from slavery.
But do prove me wrong and name the moral and upright technology company that gains no benefit from such things which makes computers I can purchase. I'd love to hear about it.
I'm not scapegoating Apple at all, this is the first time you mentioned the other companies. I'm sorry but I don't agree that because perfect doesnt exist, that excuses bad behavior.
And, again, I don't think you are a bad person, I really don't know much about you at all except you seem to talk more than most.
I was talking about possible alternatives, and also trying to understand the perspective of people who do use the devices for good reason. You are for some reason defending your honor to a complete stranger on the internet who you barely know.
If it makes you feel better, I also do things that cause harm. A major value of mine is learning from past behavior and making better decisions, so thats why I'm even having this discussion.