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Apple is infamous for its consistent labor abuses, privacy violations, and generally anti-consumer practices. Apple, similar to other transnational mega-corporations, perpetrates [[imperialism]] via exporting their industries to less developed markets. Apple products are often manufactured in inhumane and oppressive conditions with meager wages.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/95395223/Sweatshops-Are-Good-for-Apple-and-Foxconn-But-Not-for-Workers# Sweatshops Are Good For Apple and Foxconn, But Not For Workers] by Yi Yi Debby (31 May, 2012) ''Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour'' </ref> Apple also regularly collaborates in mass-surveillance efforts with imperialist governments,<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/apple-nsa/?guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmN6Lw&guce_referrer_cs=U5TxrCVG_vXnTBe_Cuw88A Why Was Apple Late To the PRISM Party?] by Alexia Tsotsis (18 June, 2013) ''TechCrunch'' </ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-china-idUSKCN1AU1LH China's Guizhou province to oversee Apple's data project] (14 August, 2017) ''Reuters'' </ref> which is aided by the mega-corporation's [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] operating systems and software.<ref>[https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.en.html Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware] ''gnu.org''</ref> | Apple is infamous for its consistent labor abuses, privacy violations, and generally anti-consumer practices. Apple, similar to other transnational mega-corporations, perpetrates [[imperialism]] via exporting their industries to less developed markets. Apple products are often manufactured in inhumane and oppressive conditions with meager wages.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/95395223/Sweatshops-Are-Good-for-Apple-and-Foxconn-But-Not-for-Workers# Sweatshops Are Good For Apple and Foxconn, But Not For Workers] by Yi Yi Debby (31 May, 2012) ''Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour'' </ref> Apple also regularly collaborates in mass-surveillance efforts with imperialist governments,<ref>[https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/apple-nsa/?guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmN6Lw&guce_referrer_cs=U5TxrCVG_vXnTBe_Cuw88A Why Was Apple Late To the PRISM Party?] by Alexia Tsotsis (18 June, 2013) ''TechCrunch'' </ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-china-idUSKCN1AU1LH China's Guizhou province to oversee Apple's data project] (14 August, 2017) ''Reuters'' </ref> which is aided by the mega-corporation's [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] operating systems and software.<ref>[https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-apple.en.html Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware] ''gnu.org''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:10, 30 August 2023
Apple Inc. is a computer technology and consumer goods mega-corporation based in the United States. Founded in 1976, Apple is one of the entities which constitutes the "big tech" corporate oligopoly. As of 2023, Apple products consume a considerable market share in Western countries.[1]
Apple is infamous for its consistent labor abuses, privacy violations, and generally anti-consumer practices. Apple, similar to other transnational mega-corporations, perpetrates imperialism via exporting their industries to less developed markets. Apple products are often manufactured in inhumane and oppressive conditions with meager wages.[2] Apple also regularly collaborates in mass-surveillance efforts with imperialist governments,[3][4] which is aided by the mega-corporation's proprietary operating systems and software.[5]
History
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See also
References
- ↑ Apple's PC unit shipment share in the United States from 2013 to 2023, by quarter Statista
- ↑ Sweatshops Are Good For Apple and Foxconn, But Not For Workers by Yi Yi Debby (31 May, 2012) Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour
- ↑ Why Was Apple Late To the PRISM Party? by Alexia Tsotsis (18 June, 2013) TechCrunch
- ↑ China's Guizhou province to oversee Apple's data project (14 August, 2017) Reuters
- ↑ Apple's Operating Systems Are Malware gnu.org