Gay Pride

Think it shows they don't actually give a crap and it's nothing more than lip service.
 
By this point I'd hope we all know this is just companies thinking (incorrectly) they'll somehow get more money if they simply change an icon, rather than having a genuine belief in LGBTQ+ rights. I don't know of any large company who posts a large % increase in profits just in June which makes it just worthless pandering at that point, as proven numerous times by the lack of any icon changes from the global companies in places like China, Russia or the Middle East where the company may stand to lose money if they did.

Long story short - companies doing scummy things (faking interest for profit).
 
ianh said:
By this point I'd hope we all know this is just companies thinking (incorrectly) they'll somehow get more money if they simply change an icon, rather than having a genuine belief in LGBTQ+ rights. I don't know of any large company who posts a large % increase in profits just in June which makes it just worthless pandering at that point, as proven numerous times by the lack of any icon changes from the global companies in places like China, Russia or the Middle East where the company may stand to lose money if they did.

Long story short - companies doing scummy things for profit.
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Or ordinary companies thinking (correctly) that it's safest to pander to whatever ideology is the most powerful in any given time and place.
 
robfosters said:
Which is disgustingly hypocritical and cowardly.
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It's normal and sensible business practice. It's not cowardly - it's a sensible precaution. It's only hypocritical if the business claims to be a political organisation rather than a business, which some but not all of them do.
 
I can only hope that one day some automated social media system for a big corporation gets confused and gives the wrong social causes to different countries.
Happy Black History month, China!
We support our brave communist leader on this anniversary of the revolution, America!
Have a stein of beer and a bratwurst on us this Oktoberfest, Saudi Arabia!
We're proud to be flying the gay pride flag in Nigeria this month!
 
It's just yet another example of how fake everyone and everything is... and the gullible social media generation lap it up.
 
Just PR, costs basically nothing to pander.

The most amusing and revealing thing about it is the Apple logo changing back to it's original form.

PaulM said:
It's just yet another example of how fake everyone and everything is... and the gullible social media generation lap it up.
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I imagine that most people that this is aimed at don't actually like what it represents, social media has just given a very loud minority, a very powerful loudspeaker.
 
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