18/07/2019
Apple Just f**king stop it! You do not need to mine the oceans. What you need to do is realise that enough is enough.
Apple Fifth Avenue
Apple Inc.
Apple SoHo
Anyone working for Apple in the HQ, in stores around the world, please read on...
If you are at Apple and you think "But, I am just one person, they won't listen to me." A company is made up of individuals, the more individuals who speak up and act the more likely change will have.
You have a market cap of 720 billion USD (or something ridiculous like that).
You make great products
or
Perhaps, I should say, you made products. I say this because I am carrying out the same tasks on Macbook from 2011 as people next to me who have the new shiny Macbook, I can't see much change between them.
As you know, most people don't need a new laptop or phone every 2 years or so. Most people don't need high-end laptops with the latest technology as the majority of people use their laptop to watch videos, send emails and use things like Microsoft Office (oh, and this message is also for you Microsoft )
But, you lot at Apple and other companies that have become too powerful continue to bring out new versions again and again because what Apple is best at is MARKETING.
And, what MARKETING is best at is MAKING PEOPLE BUY MORE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T NEED.
And, when an insanely growing global population ALL buy things they don't need this RUINS THE PLANET! But, it mainly just RUINS THE PLANET for the poorest members of society, the rich will be fine. They can move from the problems, buy their ways out of the problem, but the poor, they will die because of this rapidly changing climate that is changing so fast they are unable to prepare for it.
The more apple tricks people into buying more things the more our ocean and land suffer. Our ocean and land! Not just your and land! Everyone's!
I type this on Macbook Pro I bought brand new in 2011, as my secondhand iPhone 7 sits to my side.
I look after them, I replaced a hard drive on the Macbook so it could continue on living. I put my phone on flight mode when not using to let it rest a little. If you taught your customers to look after their things and didn't teach them that there current phone or laptop soon won't be good enough for them you would gain respect and with all your money you could make the world a better place. But, you pander to investors and to your team who want more and more money through the share plans you give them.
Producing less means you won't ruin the oceans.
Making products easier for customers to fix means you won't ruin the oceans.
Making products cheaper for customers to fix means you won't ruin the oceans.
Educating your customers about the environment means you won't ruin the oceans.
Recycling your machines better means you won't ruin the oceans.
You have the power to stop a dangerous new industry from wrecking our oceans.
https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/Dear-tech-companies
Greenpeace International
Greenpeace USA
Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace Philippines
Greenpeace Thailand
Greenpeace Brasil
Greenpeace Indonesia
Greenpeace India
P.S.
Google
HP
This message also goes out to Google and HP (and another long list of powerful companies that could also do the right thing).