Apple worried about constitutional changes in considering North Carolina campus

Apple, though interested in putting a new campus in the state, is concerned about North Carolina politicians "meddling with constitutional amendments for political influence," according to one report.

CEO Tim Cook and COO Jeff Williams are being regularly updated on political developments, a source described as "connected to local government affairs" told the Triangle Business Journal. The claim was reiterated by a Triangle real estate source. Earlier this summer Apple was reported to be considering North Carolina's Triangle corridor for a future campus hosting thousands of workers.

The state government is said to be going "back and forth" on constitutional amendments. The Journal didn't identify which issue or issues Apple is concerned about, though it's presumably focused on anything that could have a financial impact, as well as topics the company has touched on before, namely LGBT rights.

Apple is no stranger to the state, of course. The company already has a data center in the state.

In January Apple said it was expecting to announce a new U.S. campus sometime in 2018. The facility should initially concentrate on AppleCare.

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eye.surgeon 8 Years · 10 comments

About 6 years ago

So the multinational corporation is worried about elected officials accountable to the people meddling with the constitution. I guess Apple prefers to do the meddling themselves. Certainly they have welcomed their communist Chinese overlords with open arms, censorship and all, without a complaint.

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SpamSandwich 19 Years · 32917 comments

And Tim is making more noise that is going to result in negative attention on Apple. Maybe he could talk to the Prez directly instead of posturing for the media with stunts like this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/business/trump-immigration-business-leaders-economy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

The economy is firing on all cylinders right now. Tim is mistaken.

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IreneW 7 Years · 307 comments

SpamSandwich said:

And Tim is making more noise that is going to result in negative attention on Apple. Maybe he could talk to the Prez directly instead of posturing for the media with stunts like this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/business/trump-immigration-business-leaders-economy.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

The economy is firing on all cylinders right now. Tim is mistaken.

Yeah, what do Tim know about running a business?

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Francules 6 Years · 122 comments

I can’t live in peace because of police & county politics being racist & disccrimnating me against my natural & spiritual practices. They hate vegans.

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LordeHawk 7 Years · 168 comments

eye.surgeon said:

So the multinational corporation is worried about elected officials accountable to the people meddling with the constitution. I guess Apple prefers to do the meddling themselves. Certainly they have welcomed their communist Chinese overlords with open arms, censorship and all, without a complaint.

Eye.surgeon, please review the community guidelines or learn some respectful decency before making incendiary and leading remarks.
Let’s stick to facts and mature dialogue.

Following the laws of a country is not “welcoming Chinese overlords”, as the Chinese population does not enjoy the same freedoms afforded Americans. You accuse Apple of censorship in a country where one cannot post anonymously, and provide no supporting evidence. Apple controls customer encryption keys, devices are encrypted at the local level and iMessage is secure, leaving your opinion more of a rant about China.

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