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The Plundering of the USA by Apple Corp.

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday May 20 2015, @05:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the let-the-fanboys-cry-foul dept.

"gewg_" writes:

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.

 
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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @09:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @09:42AM (#185364)

    you're missing the point entirely

    No, I was being silly. GMAFB.

    Do you get bonus points for driving folks away with your submissions?

    Absolutely! Right now, my karma is...
    Oh, wait...

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by BasilBrush on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:35AM

    by BasilBrush (3994) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:35AM (#185374)

    Presumably you have a positive Karma because you don't log in when you write trolling shit like this. And can't get modded down for the braindead submissions you post either.

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    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @11:35AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @11:35AM (#185401)

      you [...] can't get modded down

      You can't possibly be that stupid.
      (Watch that get mod'd down, moron.)

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