"Apple is to be admired as the world’s most valuable listed company for the simple reason that it makes things people want to buy, even while facing fierce comp

"Apple is to be admired as the world’s most valuable listed company for the simple reason that it makes things people want to buy, even while facing fierce competition." Really? Apple gets a clean chit for everything? I live in the Linux world, can the BSD (including all the variants) contributors / maintainers enlighten if Apple is contributing anything back? (NB: I am aware of what the BSD license allows. I'm mostly interested about Apple's behaviour from the "being a good citizen" POV.)