Apple's Dark Side



In 2009 and especially in 2010 (when started suing Android), we began accumulating past posts demonstrating the ugly side of of Apple. This page was habitually updated after 2010, albeit not frequently.

2009

 * If You Care About Freedom, Don’t Support Apple
 * Apple Does it Again (Epic Fail)
 * ‘Open’ Apple
 * Apple Mimics “Shovelware” Tactics from Microsoft, European Commission Unable to Mitigate Impact
 * Eye on Apple, Microsoft: Bullying and More Black Screens of Death

2010

 * Microsoft Catch-up, Apple Lock-up, and GNU/Linux Freedom
 * What Apple Teaches Us About Mono and Moonlight
 * Eye on Apple: Foxconn’s Crimes, iPad Trouble, Flash, Censorship, and Support
 * Apple Makes Toys, GNU/Linux Still Ahead of It
 * Apple is Bad for Sharing, Forbids Mentioning Linux
 * Are Proprietary Software Users Too Dangerous for Copying and Pasting?
 * Apple is Part of the Proprietary Thought Police
 * Apple Gets Sued (Again) for Poor Quality Hardware and Denial of Liability/Warranty
 * Microsoft’s Phone Business as Dead as Zune, But Apple Too Loses Its Mind
 * Does Android’s Chief Compare Steve Jobs to North Korea’s Dead Leader (Kim Il-sung)?
 * Symptoms of the Sickness of the Patent System and Apple’s Infinite Greed
 * When Brands Become Cults
 * Is Apple Trademark-Bullying Linux Competition, Again?
 * Bad Apple, Part IV: Betraying the Fools Who Make It Richer
 * Apple Spits on Software Freedom
 * Why the Free Software/Open Source Community Does Not Love Apple and is Already Ahead of Apple
 * Let Them Eat WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
 * Government Investigation Into Apple’s Practices Goes Deeper, Microsoft Pushes for Similar Action Against Google
 * Prisoners of Apple Hype
 * Apple is Finally Sharing… People’s Personal Data; Apple’s Lies and Freedom Hatred Take Their Toll
 * Apple Exploits Free Software, Then Bans Free Software and Also Bans Competition (and FTC Investigation Launched Against Apple)
 * Harald Welte Supports Apple in Enforcement Against Apple and Freedom-Hostile Apple Sympathisers Withdraw From GNOME
 * Apple Sued (Class Action) for Producing a Defective hypePhone 4
 * Microsoft and Apple Both Sued (Class Action) for Mobile Phone Disasters, Sidekick May Die Like KIN
 * Apple Spies on Users, Sued for Alleged Defect in hypePad, Even Tries to Break Existing Laws
 * Intellectual Ventures Revisited as Facebook is Hoarding Patents; Apple Patents Other People’s Ideas/Implementations
 * hypePods Are Exploding, Apple Forced to Post Warnings in Japan, Shares Decline
 * Apple Monogamy: How Apple Retaliated Against Partner That ‘Dared’ to Explore Linux
 * Apple Corruption and Meltdown in Asia
 * Apple is Still Attacking GNU Linux and the GPL
 * Why End Users and Developers Need to Shun Apple
 * Ninja Steve Jobs Tells Young Journalist: “Leave Us Alone.”
 * Linux Gets the ‘Wikileaks Treatment’ From Apple
 * Apple is Bullying Competitors — Including Linux — Using Software Patents
 * Apple Attacks Free Speech by Removing Wikileaks, Just Like Amazon
 * Thumbs Up to Linux Phones for Rejecting Apple-esque Censorship

2011

 * Owning Jobs
 * Sociopaths at Apple
 * Apple Makes Free/Open Source Software Look Bad, Illegal
 * Apple is Increasingly an Embargo Company, Not a Technology Company
 * Apple is Killing Jobs, Killing Products