This is what passes for journalism these days

[Rogifan]

Apple: Rotting From The Core?

Apple has 85,000 employees, almost twice as many as Google. It has no manufacturing. What do all these people do?

 

[chown33]

1. Apple has retail stores.

2. The people who work in Apple Stores are Apple employees.

3. Google has no retail stores.

I would expect someone writing an article to know these basic facts. Or at least be able to google these facts.

 

[Rogifan]

1. Apple has retail stores.

2. The people who work in Apple Stores are Apple employees.

3. Google has no retail stores.

I would expect someone writing an article to know these basic facts. Or at least be able to google these facts.

And if you strip out Apple's retail workforce they actually have fewer employees than Google.