Finally, I think Apple has certain political issues as well.
For tax avoidance techniques, Apple
received a poor grade from Ethical Consumer in July 2019. This was since Apple Inc.'s family tree on hoovers.com revealed the business had subsidiaries in Singapore, the Netherlands, and Ireland. These were countries that Ethical Consumers regarded as tax havens, meaning there was a significant chance they would be exploited for tax evasion. After conducting additional research, Ethical Consumer discovered an official statement from Apple that offered a detailed justification for the company's Irish subsidiaries. This wasn't strong enough to affect their decision to give Apple the worst rating for tax avoidance, especially given that they found no country-by-country financial information or reporting (CBCR), nor a clear public tax statement confirming that it was this company’s policy not to engage in tax avoidance activity or to use tax havens for tax avoidance purposes. Apple is one of the Silicon Six, which has been revealed to have a tax gap of $100 billion so far this decade. As a result, Apple Inc. lost a whole mark in their tax avoidance category. So, the question is why Apple has so many unethical activities, but people still use it wisely. I believe this is because Apple also contains various benefits that attract customers. It's possible that the 1998 removal of the floppy drive from Macs contributed to the widespread adoption of flash drives and CDs, and over ten years later, Apple was a major factor in the mainstreaming of smartphones and tablets. Apple has benefited from its emphasis on proprietary technology and its continued dominance over the accessory and add-on industry. Although its products don't always work well with non-Apple devices, they do work well with one another. Additionally, Apple has consistently provided its users with slick, seamless experiences, which has helped them have a lower entry barrier than many rival devices. Additionally, Apple has a practice of providing updates regularly for all of its active product lines. This allows Apple to iron out any outstanding design problems with previous iterations and add new features to the product. Apple users are also handily kept up to date.