Apple’s privacy-friendly claims coexist with tax avoidance and poor labor conditions

Evidence

Regardless, this stance allows Apple to distinguish itself from its competitors by, for instance, building ad blockers right into its Safari web browser or claiming that they do not sell any of the data they collect from users. Even if this is the case, Apple must take some responsibility for the labor conditions under which its devices are manufactured, for its collusion with the media industry in ways that are not favorable to consumers, or for its innovative ways to avoid paying taxes: the company pays 9.8 percent in taxes, whereas global corporations typically pay around 24 percent. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 189

Categorization

• XREF: Complicates the clean ‘platform privacy’ narrative that attention-school critics sometimes valorize; Apple’s privacy stance still sits inside extractive capitalism. — connects to: Closed-platform control and tax avoidance mark Apple’s imperial posture — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 189; Apple participates in data colonialism despite its privacy-branded marketing — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 81; Repeated corporate privacy violations indicate an intentional design rather than oversight — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 153 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Apple’s advocacy promise was contradicted by extractive business practices #corroborates (0.95) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 144
• Closed-platform control and tax avoidance mark Apple’s imperial posture #corroborates (0.92) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 189
• Apple participates in data colonialism despite its privacy-branded marketing #corroborates (0.90) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 81
• Repeated corporate privacy violations indicate an intentional design rather than oversight #corroborates (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 153