Originally published at: https://tidbits.com/2020/03/01/movie-villains-dont-use-iphones/
An amusing anecdote from director Rian Johnson reveals Apple’s level of influence over Hollywood, but such influence isn’t out of the ordinary.
Ironically, I remember the James Bond movie Goldeneye, where the bad guy’s lair was packed full of IBM desktop systems, all with oversized IBM logos on the monitors.
I wonder how this affected their sales (if at all).
It’s important for the bad guys to inflict pain on everyone, including their IT henchpersons.
And don’t forget about how a battered and elderly SE 30, Wall-E, and a sleek, sexy and beautiful iPod, Eve, defeated the evil Axiom Autopilot and saved the planet Earth:
Bad guys always seem to use cheap disposable (aka. burner, throw-away) phones so they cannot be traced. A lot of times, they are simple flip phones.
That’s because crime doesn’t pay. 
Now if Google could do the same thing, then the bad guys would have to just use old Windows phones!