Is Apple Evil?

Is Apple Evil?
I have experienced a lot of hate towards Apple online recently due to some recent ongoings with Apple and the EU. I understand some of those complaints are valid, is it really fair to chastise Apple for less than fair business practices when every company is doing the same thing.

At least the product Apple provide is damn good at what it does.

Obviously, Apple has a profit maximisation strategy, you don't get to be the first company to reach a trillion dollar value without a profit maximisation strategy.

I firmly believe they do this so they have the means to fund research and improvements to their current products. Due to having a large amount of revenue sitting in their back pocket, they are able to perform experiments such as the M-series chips. These experimental chips would be a huge risk to most companies. To Apple, this is a "Nah, we've been researching and fine-tuning this chip for years now, we know it's damn well ready".

I am also a firm believer of the future containing a significant downsize in the amount of peripherals we use. I personally use just a MacBook with a Tiling Window Manager, and that is more than enough screen real estate for a full stack developer. Plus, the screens are beautiful to look at.

I think it's impossible for any one body (human or corporation) to be truly benevolent or the malevolent. However, I think Apple understands that to remain on top of the market, they need to play capitalism effectively.

By remaining on top of the market, they are able to further what is possible in technology due to having the know-how, the funds, and the support.

They display a lack of malevolence due to the fact they aren't making inferior products. An evil company would be selling you the cheapest thing possible for the most amount of money, at the cost of the planet and it's inhabitants. As you can tell from the quality of Apple products, this really isn't the case.