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There are issues with all of your points, but 3, 4, and 5 are especially bad. 3. Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge similar prices. Apple's flat 70% no matter th

There are issues with all of your points, but 3, 4, and 5 are especially bad. 3. Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge similar prices. Apple's flat 70% no matter the price is the simplest to understand. 4. Apple has been very upfront about improving worker conditions, more so than other companies in the industry. 5. False, see http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/08/apple-institutes-new-charitable-matching-program-for-employees/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/08/apple-institutes-new-cha... I'm not saying that Apple is perfect or that they couldn't improve their policies, but those are some weak arguments.

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3. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/04/13/the-apple-e-book-lawsuit-and-amazons-999-problem http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/20... 4. Yes, I qualified this with a "possibly". Their public statements have seemed to indicate that they are willing to change. But progress has been "mixed": http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57516945-37/watchdog-group-once-again-blasts-foxconn-apple-over-labor/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57516945-37/watchdog-group... Then, there is the question of why they only seemed to realize there was a problem after a NPR expose. 5. Yes, "nothing" was hyperbole. But they lag companies of similar size: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/apple-charity-donation_n_1253185.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/apple-charity-donat... When Exxon is giving more than you on a per-market-cap basis, you might have a problem. Overall, I think Tim Cook is moving the company in a better direction. But they have a long way to go.