Apple will share a few pennies with people who enrich its environment

Summary: 80% of developers who target Apple's platform (hypePhone App Store) are said to feel betrayed; thus, the value of software freedom is hopefully realised

"Apple rejects Wi-Fi sync app," says this new article which reminds us that the "i" in Apple's hype-labeled devices means "I" as in Apple's (or Steve Jobs'). It's all just extremely Apple-centric and only the gullible will run to Apple (and later feel betrayed).

Evans Data is one source which we consider to be quite reliable based on past output. According to some new work from Evans, as many as 4 out of 5 people who partnered with Apple as developers actually feel betrayed (it depends on how questions are phrased)

Eighty per cent of North American developers believe that the iPhone App Store's revenue split is unfair, according to a new study from research outfit Evans Data.

How do people who manufacture hypePhones feel? Well, it would be harder for Evans Data to ask them because they live in a prison/factory where access is restricted and many of them commit suicide out of misery. Here is another new example:

Another suicide at Apple's Chinese supplier

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The Associated Press reports that the 24 year-old woman's death brings the total of suicidal Foxconn workers to eight for the year. Bloomberg puts the total at six. The Taipei Times notes that two other Foxconn employees tried to take their own lives this year, but failed.

To be fair, it's not just an Apple supplier. Microsoft too has something to do with it. Either way, people who work for Microsoft and Apple are often left betrayed and exploited. Those who work for Free software enjoy radical freedom and true control, which makes it harder for them to be disempowered and feel depressed. The manufacturing dilemma is partly resolved through reuse (no planned obsolescence). ⬆