A ziyarar da ya kawo Faransa kwanan nan a karshen makon da ya gabata, Shugaban kamfanin Apple Tim Cook ya yi wata hira da jaridar Faransa ta Le Figaro. A ciki, Cook yayi bitar batutuwa iri-iri, gami da sha'awar Apple game da gine-gine a kan Champs-Elysees, gaskiyar haɓaka, ƙwarewar kere kere da haraji.
Kamar yadda aka lura a cikin MacGeneration, lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da sha'awar Apple na gina sabon wurin sayarwa a kan Champs-Elysees, Cook bai tabbatar da tsare-tsaren kamfanin ba, amma ya nuna kasancewar akwai yiwuwar sha'awa. "Game da sarari a kan Champs Elysees da kuka ambata, aiki yana ci gaba da ganin abin da za mu iya yi da shi."
Tim Cook ya kuma yi magana game da soyayyarsa ga Faransa gaba ɗaya: “Faransa koyaushe tana da Apple wuri na musamman. Wannan shine mafi kyawun wuri don ganowa da tattaunawa tare da duk mawaƙa, masu zane-zane, masu zane ko masu ɗaukar hoto waɗanda suke amfani da samfuranmu. Anan akwai babban ƙarfin kuzari. Bayanin da Babban Daraktan na Apple ya yi kamar yana nuna cewa yayin da kamfanin ya mallaki mallakar ginin, har yanzu bai yanke shawara ko yana son gina filin sayar da kaya ko sadaukar da shi ga ofisoshi ba. Rahotannin da suka gabata sun nuna cewa kamfanin yana so ya yi duka biyun, kuma wani shagon Apple zai ba da ma'ana mafi kyau don ginawa saboda yanayin kasuwancin wannan yankin.
Ta yaya zai kasance in ba haka ba, Donald Trump ya bayyana a cikin hirar. Sabon shugaban na Amurka ya dage a kai a kai a kan ladabtar da haraji da kamfanonin haraji da ke sayarwa a yankin Amurka amma ba sa kerawa a can. Jigon wannan daidai ya mai da hankali kan samar da kayayyakin Apple yayin matsin lamba kan kamfanin ya tara wasu daga cikinsu a Amurka. Cook ya bayyana, duk da haka, cewa sau da yawa ana yin watsi da wani muhimmin batu yayin tattauna wuraren masana'antu, wanda shine inda sassan suka fito: "A cikin waɗannan tattaunawar wurin masana'antar, akwai halin da yawa da yawa na mai da hankali ga inda aka tara samfurin. Lokacin da ka buɗe samfurin kuma ka duba abubuwa daban-daban, za ka ga cewa an wakilci kowa. Muna da masu kawo kaya 4600 a Turai kuma tuni mun kashe dala miliyan 11 a nahiyar.
Cook ya kuma tabo batun yakin harajin Apple da ke faruwa a Ireland. Ya sake yin hakan, yana mai bayyana cewa Apple ya fi "biyan haraji fiye da kowane kamfani a duniya." “Muna biyan haraji fiye da kowane kamfani a duniya. Ba mu guje wa haraji. A ra'ayinmu, doka a fili take. Dole ne mu biya haraji a inda muke kirkirar abubuwa.
A ƙarshe amma ba mafi ƙaranci ba, Cook ya tabo gaskiyar haɓaka da ƙwarewar kere kere, yankuna biyu da ya yaba sau da yawa a cikin wasu tambayoyin. Cook ya fara lura da cewa fasahar kere kere ta wucin gadi kamar Siri "ta sa iPhone ta fi kyau." Dangane da raguwar tallace-tallace na iPhone, Cook ya nuna wa PC a matsayin misali na masana'antar da ta ƙi kuma daga baya ta dawo kamar yadda fasaha ta ci gaba kuma ta annabta irin wannan yanayin na wayoyin hannu. Duba abin da ya faru da PC. Idan ka koma shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000s, zaka ga cewa tallace-tallace sun ragu kadan kafin fara sake girma. Wayar salula zata sami irinta. Abubuwan kirkira koyaushe suna kawo canji. "
A lokacin da yake Faransa, Tim Cook ya yi abubuwan ba-zata a wasu kafofin Apple. Cook ya sadu da mai zane Julien Fournié, wadanda suka kirkiro VizEat Camilla da Jean-Michel, sun ziyarci wuraren Apple a Marché Saint-Germain, kuma sun haɗu da mai zane JR. Cook kuma ya zauna ya ci abinci tare da kamfanin watsa labarai na Konbini.