Apple Inc. have had significant influence over other consumer electronics retailers, who have lost traffic, control and profits due to a perceived higher quality of service and products at Apple Stores. Apple's notable brand loyalty among consumers causes long lines of hundreds of people at new Apple Store openings or product releases. Due to the popularity of the brand, Apple receives a large number of job applications, many of which come from young workers. Although Apple Store employees receive above-average pay, are offered money toward education and health care, and receive product discounts, there are limited or no paths of career advancement.
Apple Inc. litigation Apple Computer Inc." (1986, Australia) (""Computer Edge""), "Apple Computer Inc. v Mackintosh Computers Ltd.", (Canada, 1987) (""Apple v. Mackintosh""), and "IBM v. Computer Imports Ltd." (""IBM v. Computer Imports""), (New Zealand, 1989). In the "Computer Edge" case, the Australian court decided against the then-prevailing opinions in other courts (the U.K., Canada, South Africa, and the U.S.) and ruled object code was not copyrightable, while the Supreme Court of Canada in "Apple v. Mackintosh" reversed its earlier decisions and ruled that because object code was a translation of source code and embodied in a silicon chip, it was therefore a translation