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There are places in the world where slavery is still a thing, unfortunately, and they clean their conscience by replacing a few words in their codebase.

Slacktivism at its finest!

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Here is Apple's 2019 report on "Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery in Our Business and Supply Chains."

https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Comb...

I am not necessarily speaking about human trafficking in theie supply chain.

I am talking about redirecting your efforts towards issues that have a real impact. Does Apple want to do something about slavery, some philanthropic gesture? There are thousands of things that are more effective than replacing a few words in the codebase. But maybe they wouldn't grant as much publicity as this PR stunt does.

Yes, Apple does those things, which are detailed in the link.

A short blurb titled "Updates to Coding Terminology" on a site aimed at developers is not a PR stunt.

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