Apple’s Inclusive Language Hypocrisy

Apple to Remove 'Master/Slave' and 'Blacklist' Terms From Coding Platforms The company is telling developers to instead use inclusive language terms such as 'primary/secondary' and 'deny list/allow list' when it comes to documenting and coding their software projects. Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uyghur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers

A split-screen comparison shows Apple replacing supposedly insensitive coding terms with more inclusive alternatives while allegedly lobbying against legislation addressing forced labor in China. The joke is the perceived hypocrisy: Apple is portrayed as prioritizing symbolic language changes over accountability for real-world labor abuses. People send this meme as a sarcastic reaction to corporate virtue signaling and performative activism.

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