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Apple's Dark Side



In 2009 and especially in 2010 (when Apple vs HTC|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