Ex-Apple Insider: "Working at Apple Felt Like a Cult..." | Joe Weil

FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/PYcy5ZkLvaw

🚨 What’s it really like behind Apple’s closed doors?

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Ex-Apple insider Joe Weil reveals how working inside one of the world’s most powerful companies felt more like being in a cult than a workplace. From rigid internal culture to the obsession with secrecy, Joe pulls back the curtain on what life was like inside Apple — and why he eventually walked away.

Inside this episode:

Why working at Apple felt like joining a cult

How secrecy and control dominate Apple’s culture

The cost of being part of the Apple machine

Why Joe ultimately decided to leave

What this says about Big Tech’s future

⚠️ Apple’s polished brand hides a darker reality — one its insiders rarely talk about.

***TIMESTAMPS***

00:00 – Apple & Third-Party Apps, Erik Prince, Ask App Not to Track, UpPhone Engineers in Israel, Control, Smartphone Ads 5–6x Bigger, Byron Tau Research

13:28 – Data Harvesting, Pegasus, Hardware Kill Switch, Data Wipe, Faster Than the Other Hunter

23:55 – Nothing Is Impenetrable, How Phone Works, User Experience, No Monetization, Open Source, Competing With Apple, Cultural Timing, Apple & Google Fueling China

37:29 – Smartphone Explosion, Workers With Hands, Assembly in America, $100 Hit Per Phone, Worth It

45:00 – CCP Scrutiny, Apple Invested More in China, Tree by Its Fruit, Platforms Blurred

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