It must be painful to see a company you hate so much loved by so many users who just can't wait to get their hands on the next product. Better to pretend they are all tricked by marketing. You probably think the world would be freer if the government banned people from buying Apple products.
That is not a valid argument. The happy apple fans are consumers, they are not the ones losing their livelihood here, they are just buying a better quality product. I guess meesterdude is not talking about them, he is talking about those people whose livelihood is being affected. It is also true that Apple is sitting on huge amounts of cash, most of it in tax havens, so forthefuture is right too.
You can love Apple products while still hate their heavy handed business style.
I don't need to hate Apple to acknowledge that they have too much money not being put towards anything. You're appealing to emotion and not reason. If Apple invested in energy, or medicine, or biotech, we would have advancements in those industries much faster, which would be a positive for the progress of humanity.
Apple as a technology company does invest directly in renewable energy, and also medical research. Separately, Apple's money isn't a stack of bills. It is a set of investments managed by Braeburn Capital, which is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, and does invest in all of these industries.
