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He does not need access to corporate email to say that he left in protest. He can post such a statement on Facebook, Twitter, or email reporters from his personal account.

Margaret Mitchell's email was restricted because she was exfiltrating confidential documents en masse

https://www.axios.com/scoop-google-is-investigating-the-acti...

If this is the primary reason, it's kind of strange to choose Apple, a company with a notoriously secretive and authoritarian internal culture.

But arguably fewer ethical problems around their technology itself (setting aside supply chain and business dealings)

Apple cares about ethics though, it's even part of their brand image. Google destroyed that aspect of their brand image with the destruction of "don't be evil".

Apple does not care about ethics. Apple cares about what you think of their ethics depending on which part of the world you live in.

Are there places that leave email open to former employees? Seems like standard practice and the link doesn't say anything about email. What is the story there?