There’s a decent chance the acquisition won’t sit particularly well with at least a portion of Apple’s workforce, which has been pushing for years now for Apple to divest from Israel. The company has been accused of matching worker donations to the Israel Defense Forces, which carried out what the United Nations determined was a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and to organizations involved in building illegal settlements in the occupied territories. The company has also operated research and development facilities in Israel for nearly a decade. According to a report from CTech, about 30% of Q.ai’s employees were drafted into IDF military service after Hamas carried out an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

As an ex-Apple fan girl, I hate that I still haven’t divested in the $1.something I pay a month. Just for pictures.