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Paul Buchheit reports via Common Dreams
An emotional response to any criticism of the Apple Corporation might be anticipated from the users of the company's powerful, practical, popular, and entertaining devices. Accolades to the company and a healthy profit are certainly well-deserved. But much-despised should be the theft from taxpayers and the exploitation of workers and customers, all cloaked within the image of an organization that seems to work magic on our behalf.
1. Apple Took Years of Public Research, Integrated the Results, and Packaged it as Their Own
2. Even After Taking Our Research, Apple Does Everything in its Power to Avoid Taxes
3. Overcharging Customers
The manufacturing cost of a 16 GB iPhone 6 is about $200, and with marketing it comes to about $288. But without an expensive phone contract with Verizon, AT&T, or one of the other wireless carriers, the cost to the customer is at least $650.
4. Underpaying and Mistreating Employees
5. Apple Has Figured Out How to Spend Most of its Untaxed Money on Itself
Apple's View:
The tax-avoiding, research-appropriating, cost-escalating, wage-minimizing, self-enriching Apple Corporation has, according to CEO Tim Cook,[1] a very strong moral compass.
[1] Link in article redirects.
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 20 2015, @07:24AM
I realise gewg_ is supposed to be the resident demi-troll contrarian who adds a bit of colour to the site, but if I wanted rants from semi-educated fuckwits I'd be sitting in the park outside my office -
And what makes you think you are not, at this very moment, sitting in said park, only :: virtually! With Unicorns! And squidies. I have often wondered by virtual reality is so much suckier than what appears to be real reality, . . . unless . .. . OMG! This is the Matrix! But then that means . . . OMG!! gewg_ is either Agent Smith, or Morpheus!!!! I could use a good Trinity about now, because the whole thing is starting to get creepy. I mean, could a corporation like Apple actually exist in real world? So what are the possible explanations?
Oh, one more thing, if you are leaving, to where are you going? Any door leads back to the park, or, . . . sandworms.