Apple – The House that Tim Cook Built (Full Documentary). This video is about Apple, but mainly; it’s about Tim Cook. His journey, and how he carried a legacy to greater heights than anyone thought possible. Apple, completely and utterly, would not exist without Steve Jobs; and though his gifts to the world can be seen in the incredible technology of his legacy, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone… The greatest thing he ever did… *for Apple*… was Tim Cook. Steve was the visionary, the enigma, the polarizing leader that bent the world, and the people around him, to his vision of perfection… but Tim… Tim is the workhorse in the background, the logistics genius, the leader that finds perfection *in* the people and technology around him, and gets the job done. Steve Jobs made Apple. Tim Cook made Apple the most successful company on the planet. Here’s how he did it.
Apple is the most valuable company in the world and has a role in our lives like no other. From smartphones to smart watches, earbuds to computers, the technology it has popularized has revolutionized the modern age and reshaped our relationships with each other and our environment. But a company that started out as the cool underdog to Microsoft is now subsumed in a wave of controversies, facing a major backlash. Apple: The Trillion Dollar Betrayal Year: 2022 Duration: 53 mins Production: Enderley Pictures Director: Billy Arthur Language: English Country of production: UK Production company: Enderley Pictures Criticism of Apple includes allegations of anti-competitive practices, using its App store to copy the best ideas, trapping consumers in the apple ‘ecosystem’, tax avoidance and relying on sweatshop labour. There were reports of people forced into working twenty hour days, chemicals being used that caused irreparable damage, and gruelling conditions for those working the assembly lines in these Apple factories. In 2010, there was a wave of suicides at one of Apple’s largest factories. That year, analysts also noticed that Apple had suddenly stopped making all of their money in the US and instead had shifting billions of dollars of profits to Ireland, where they paid little to no tax. This prompted both the EU and US Senate to launch detailed investigations. For many years there was a myth in the technology community that when a new iPhone was released, older iPhones would get slower. It was claimed this deliberate ploy would trick people into buying a new device they didn’t need. Then in 2017 it was proved that they were intentionally slowed down older phones. They also make their devices intentionally difficult to fix, citing safety concerns and the need to protect trade secrets. But the Right to Repair movement is now sweeping the world and new laws are close to passing in dozens of countries. We investigate the true cost of Apple’s rise to the top.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
