--- title: Apple Is one of the 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies description: Find out why Apple was selected for the list canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-03-30T10:23:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T02:26:51.915Z og:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Apple og:description: Find out why Apple is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547b8663452ef2e/698a303616d884e042c3a794/T100-Companies-T-Apple.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Apple og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Apple twitter:description: Find out why Apple is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547b8663452ef2e/698a303616d884e042c3a794/T100-Companies-T-Apple.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 30, 2022 # Apple Flexing its muscles by [Billy Perrigo](https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/) ## Billy Perrigo Correspondent  Apple's Self Service Repair will allow customers to complete their own repairs with access to Apple parts and tools. Apple's Self Service Repair will allow customers to complete their own repairs with access to Apple parts and tools.Shutterstock/PK Studio Apple and [CEO Tim Cook](https://time.com/6099169/tim-cook-apple-privacy/) last year took the momentous step of allowing users to block advertising companies from tracking their app use, a technique used for ad targeting. Apple marketed the change as a win for user privacy—and users appear to agree, with most opting out. Many antisurveillance activists welcomed the development, but others noted that it underlined Apple’s huge power. And in earnings calls after the changes, ad-dependent tech giants like Meta and Snap blamed Apple’s move for “headwinds” that resulted in tens of billions of dollars in losses. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/"},"headline":"Apple","datePublished":"2022-03-30T10:23:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:26:51.915Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies","T100Companies2022","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547b8663452ef2e/698a303616d884e042c3a794/T100-Companies-T-Apple.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy Perrigo","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/"}],"creator":"Billy Perrigo","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf547b8663452ef2e/698a303616d884e042c3a794/T100-Companies-T-Apple.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159481/apple-titans/","name":"Apple"}}]}] ```