Apple also was involved with the really shady no-compete-clause stuff for former employees, so this does not surprise me, but I don't know if I am ready to attr

Apple also was involved with the really shady no-compete-clause stuff for former employees, so this does not surprise me, but I don't know if I am ready to attribute this to malice yet - I can imagine there being some HR system that does this automatically as a default for employees that don't have a title at Apple anymore.