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Apples are Rotten
**Apple: A Rotten Core Behind the Shiny Exterior**
Apple may dazzle with sleek designs and polished marketing, but beneath its glossy surface lies a **rotten** corporate ethos—one built on exploitation, greed, and anti-consumer practices.
### **1. Rotten Labor Practices**
Apple’s empire is propped up by sweatshop labor. Workers in factories like Foxconn face brutal conditions—excessive hours, poverty wages, and even suicide nets to prevent desperate employees from jumping to their deaths. Apple’s hollow promises of "fair labor" ring **rotten** when its supply chain remains a nightmare of human suffering.
### **2. Rotten Anti-Repair Monopoly**
Apple actively **sabotages** repairability, gluing batteries, serial-locking parts, and lobbying against Right to Repair laws. Their **rotten** scheme? Force customers into overpriced "Genius" Bar repairs or push them to buy new devices. Even a simple screen replacement becomes a wallet-draining ordeal—all by design.
### **3. Rotten Planned Obsolescence**
Remember "Batterygate"? Apple **slowed down older iPhones** to push upgrades, disguising it as a "feature." This **rotten** deception proves their business model relies on artificially shortening product lifespans, dumping e-waste, and squeezing every penny from loyal users.
### **4. Rotten Prices, Rotten Value**
A $1,000 stand. $700 wheels. $40 polishing cloths. Apple’s pricing isn’t just premium—it’s **rotten** greed. They nickel-and-dime users for dongles, RAM upgrades, and cloud storage while removing essential features (RIP headphone jack). Their ecosystem is a golden cage designed to bleed customers dry.
### **5. Rotten Hypocrisy on "Privacy"**
Apple boasts about privacy while cozying up to authoritarian regimes, censoring apps in China, and storing iCloud data on government-friendly servers. Their **rotten** compromise? Profits over principles.
### **Conclusion: A Rotten Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree**
From worker abuse to environmental harm, from shameless price gouging to manipulative tech, Apple is a **rotten** company wrapped in a minimalist package. It’s time to stop idolizing a brand that prioritizes profit over people—because when you bite into Apple, all you taste is decay.
**#RottenApple #BiteBack**
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By Amal Karunarathna**Apple: A Rotten Core Behind the Shiny Exterior**
Apple may dazzle with sleek designs and polished marketing, but beneath its glossy surface lies a **rotten** corporate ethos—one built on exploitation, greed, and anti-consumer practices.
### **1. Rotten Labor Practices**
Apple’s empire is propped up by sweatshop labor. Workers in factories like Foxconn face brutal conditions—excessive hours, poverty wages, and even suicide nets to prevent desperate employees from jumping to their deaths. Apple’s hollow promises of "fair labor" ring **rotten** when its supply chain remains a nightmare of human suffering.
### **2. Rotten Anti-Repair Monopoly**
Apple actively **sabotages** repairability, gluing batteries, serial-locking parts, and lobbying against Right to Repair laws. Their **rotten** scheme? Force customers into overpriced "Genius" Bar repairs or push them to buy new devices. Even a simple screen replacement becomes a wallet-draining ordeal—all by design.
### **3. Rotten Planned Obsolescence**
Remember "Batterygate"? Apple **slowed down older iPhones** to push upgrades, disguising it as a "feature." This **rotten** deception proves their business model relies on artificially shortening product lifespans, dumping e-waste, and squeezing every penny from loyal users.
### **4. Rotten Prices, Rotten Value**
A $1,000 stand. $700 wheels. $40 polishing cloths. Apple’s pricing isn’t just premium—it’s **rotten** greed. They nickel-and-dime users for dongles, RAM upgrades, and cloud storage while removing essential features (RIP headphone jack). Their ecosystem is a golden cage designed to bleed customers dry.
### **5. Rotten Hypocrisy on "Privacy"**
Apple boasts about privacy while cozying up to authoritarian regimes, censoring apps in China, and storing iCloud data on government-friendly servers. Their **rotten** compromise? Profits over principles.
### **Conclusion: A Rotten Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree**
From worker abuse to environmental harm, from shameless price gouging to manipulative tech, Apple is a **rotten** company wrapped in a minimalist package. It’s time to stop idolizing a brand that prioritizes profit over people—because when you bite into Apple, all you taste is decay.
**#RottenApple #BiteBack**