| How about these? Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties (yahoo.com) 52 points by notRobot on Jan 1, 2021 | un‑favorite | 5 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25607386 Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments (jessesquires.com) 468 points by ig0r0 on March 31, 2021 | un‑favorite | 291 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644216 Apple removes nearly 100 VPNs used by Russians to bypass censorship (elpais.com) 31 points by speckx on Oct 1, 2024 | un‑favorite | 3 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41712728 Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA (open-web-advocacy.org) 514 points by yashghelani on July 14, 2025 | un‑favorite | 383 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44557348 Apple defined ICE as a "protected class" in blocking anti-ICE apps (boingboing.net) 146 points by baobun 9 months ago 69 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520407 https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/29/iphone-workers-forced-labor/ |
> Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties (yahoo.com)
Apple routinely terminates relationships with suppliers when they identify abusive practices, sometimes they’re slow about it.
> Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments (jessesquires.com)
> Apple removes nearly 100 VPNs used by Russians to bypass censorship (elpais.com)
Apple obeys local laws
> Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA (open-web-advocacy.org)
Apple chooses to maintain control over a specific implementation detail of their platform that a handful of nerds object to.
> Apple defined ICE as a "protected class" in blocking anti-ICE apps (boingboing.net)
The claim made in this headline is just straight up false.
I don’t know, I don’t think their less-than-ideal behaviour is anywhere bad enough to reasonably be described as “evil”. Otherwise, we’re probably all evil.