I think you're attacking a strawman in your penultimate paragraph. I'm saying the acceptable solution is to legally require some sort of minimal labor standards on imported goods. Give these guys and these guys some teeth and more of a place at the table when trade agreements are negotiated, and spend real money on enforcement and penalties. Take the decision out of Tim Cook's hands (and Samsung's hands, and so on) entirely, and everyone will leave him alone.

If that doesn't happen, I still think focusing on an individual company is fine. Nobody calls it the Wagner Palace strike, even if they were causing as much trouble as George Pullman. And Apple's not going to be run out of business by this. They're already more expensive than their competitors--if a US made iPhone costs $100 more, I think a lot of people will pay that gladly--I certainly would. But I'm not sure their success or "company values" are the main reason they show up in as many headlines as they do (though not all of the ones you linked to). I think a big part of it is because they're seen as a luxury brand to begin with. It would be a bigger story if Ferarri started building their cars Foxconn-style than if Kia did (Maybe they both do--I don't have any idea).

Anyway, if Apple decided to raise their prices to cover better labor standards, I don't think it would hit their market share much, even if they passed the entire cost onto the consumer. (The smart move on their part would be to push for tougher laws to ensure everybody takes the same hit, and in the meantime, advertise the shit out of the fact that their products aren't made by harming workers). But look, even if they were hypothetically forced to pay more for labor while Samsung was left alone, people are still going to buy their products. Buying a U.S.-made car in the 1970s and 1980s might have been the right thing to do from a labor standpoint, but those cars genuinely sucked. Apple makes the best product.

I was serious about not knowing anyone who writes about Microsoft the way AppleInsider writes about Apple, although I certainly haven't gone looking. XBox fans, maybe? But that'd be like people writing about just the iPad but not the rest of the company. They're not a cool brand; never have been, probably never will be.

That's about all I think I can safely say on this subject, because the screen on my iPhone shattered since we started this conversation, and I'm sure Tim Cook will break more of my stuff if I go on.

And yeah, giving up Papa John's pizza is the easiest way I've ever ensured my money doesn't go to causes I disagree with, except for giving up Domino's.