"Its agreements with them stipulate that Apple owns all the manufacturing processes developed for its products—which can include everything from the tools to the polishing methods." It seems like every year, we're getting closer and closer to the reveal that Apple is the Big Bad who has been masquerading as a hero of the people. There's (1) ATT, which conveniently excludes Apple from the supposedly pro-privacy move that in turn feels like thinly-veiled runway for their own ads business, and then there's (2) the 30% rent Apple charges for purchases through apps despite providing no additional value to businesses or consumers, then you've got them (3) refusing to adopt messaging standards like RCS to perpetuate an artificial class system with blue vs. green text bubbles, oh and also (4) the API exclusions Apple drops all over the place that make non-Apple products not work as well with their HW, and now this--Apple using its market position to dictate terms that allow them to give away supplier trade secrets to their lower cost, foreign competition. But the real rub is Apple's holier-than-thou PR which has convinced millions and millions of consumers that Apple can do no wrong. It's incredibly squicky, even if you have to hand to Apple for their long-term thinking around their ecosystem moat. https://www.theinformatio.. #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 #A Glance of China 行摄中国 #ScholER