It's almost like the big corps are in collusion to keep wages down, whether they employ tons of low-wager workers or only a few.

We all know it is about motivation, money and economies of scale.

Motivation - make money for rentiers, otherwise get sued.

Economies of scale - many low paid employees means differences in how you treat them can add up to millions.

Result - employ people to reduce those millions in costs.

Don't blame the man, blame the game.

When the referee blows their whistle, the individual player who transgressed against the rules or spirit of the game is individually punished, and collectively all players benefit from this, even the one penalized. That the one penalized may not agree with or comply with the referee is beyond the scope of accountability of one referee’s ability to enforce the rules of the game.

But Apple's economies of scale are in east Asian factories, no Apple stores.