The Daily Populous Saturday May 18th, 2024 night edition
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Asgatoril on May 17th, 2024 at 12:51 UTC »

Doesn't look like a problem for Apple.

They will just replace all Windows.

Spartan2470 on May 17th, 2024 at 14:53 UTC »

Here is much higher quality version of this image. Here is the source.

"Lasset alle Hoffnung fahren" translates to "Abandon all hope."

As for why they may have done this, per /u/WideFoot and /u/Ebeneezer_G00de over here:

> Any modern advanced electronic device most likely has cobalt which was mined in Congo.

> Cobalt mining in Congo is accomplished primarily with either slave labor or functionally slave labor, including the labor of children. It's incredibly dangerous, poses serious health risks, and very little is being done to change that.

> Apple is one of the worst offenders when it comes to intentionally rendering their devices obsolete. This means that as part of their business model, people waste cobalt on a massive scale.

> Although material sourcing is not typically something that any individual company can easily change, Apple is probably one of the few that would have the money and the sway to require better working conditions for people in Congo. But, Apple is already criticized for its sweatshop manufacturing process. It doesn't seem likely that Apple would change their manufacturing processes to include ethically sourced cobalt, either.

/u/400_Flying_Monkey pointed out that Apple will use 100 percent recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025.

According to here (and Google Translate):

> May 17, 2024, 1:32 p.m

> By Isabel Pancake

> Paint attack on an Apple store! In Berlin, several people smeared the Apple store on Rosenthaler Strasse with red paint and wrote “Free Congo” on the wall.

> The crime was committed on Friday morning at 6:30 a.m., three and a half hours before the store in Mitte opened.

> A red triangle was also painted on the facade - actually a symbol of the terrorist militia Hamas in Palestine... In addition, according to the police, several posters are said to have been stuck to the windows.

> The inscriptions: “Break the silence”, “Free Congo”, “No Congo, no phone”, “Without Congo, no iPhone”. Photos of the action show members of the environmental group “Scientist Rebellion” (German: “Uprising of the Scientists”). The background to the graffiti is probably the dangerous working conditions in the Congo when extracting cobalt - a raw material that is also needed for the production of cell phones.

> “Apple, Tesla and Co are making profits while 70 percent of the Congolese live in extreme poverty,” write the climate extremists on Instagram.

> suspect (32) arrested

> The police were able to arrest a 32-year-old suspect. A second person remained unidentified.

> The State Security Office of the State Criminal Police Office is now investigating politically motivated damage to property.

WindowsOverOS on May 17th, 2024 at 15:18 UTC »

Ngl, the red powdering type effect on the Apple logo goes hard