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Union organizers across Apple's retail footprint say that pay has fallen below living wages in many markets, including Atlanta.


It's not really the sole responsibility of a company to pay a "living wage" whatever that really means. You should pay a going rate for a type of job, (ideally higher than the going rate to attract and keep better employees), and offer benefits and incentives whenever possible. All retailers are "competing" with one another for those in that general job definition pool, so can individual can go elsewhere - if enough do, then the business losing people would have to respond. But a living wage? The problem with that bar is that, well, the cost of "living" is not in the control of a hiring business. Perhaps not Apple, but many business do not have the fiscal resources to meet a "living wage" definition as though they bear sole responsibility. Taxes, housing, money printing, bad fiscal and trade policy, a fairly well-broken public education system and more all put direct or delayed inflationary pressures on what it costs to live or the means to pay your way. These are factors largely NOT in control of businesses hiring workers. They can't "make up the difference" anywhere close to a dollar for dollar way. Some companies try and help; Apple and others are funding affordable housing projects in California, and they fund various education and coding initiatives. but that's above and beyond what a significant majority of business can afford to do. And of course, increasing wages and benefits only does one thing - increases cost of doing business and thus the cost of the products and services everyone - including those works - has to shell out. Ontop of this, I thought Apple actually pays pretty well (starting at $22 an hour) and has good benefits for retail workers, which are not rarified or highly skill pool of workers (not denigrating but they are not doctors or engineers....and I worked retail for years when I started, spare be the moaning of how difficult it is.) This is more about the unions going after a cash-rich target, not trying to save workers from an exploitative company. That's NOT to say Apple hasn't made mistakes, but overall? Be real....

Love the Apple One + bundle for the family - Just add the 2 TB plan if you need more storage. We use all the services so it makes sense in that regard.

Who the f needs this type of functionality?

I don't understand the mass-market use case for a foldable phone. The way the vast majority of us utilize a phone - constantly referencing and glancing at it for dozens of tasks, from morning to night, who wants to constantly open and close it? What purpose does it serve? It will only be thicker to put in your pocket.

Perhaps there is some use case for the iPad, given its use is a bit more measured and purposeful, and perhaps it integrates a digital keyboard into the foldout. Still, I cannot envision it having very large interest.