If this is a deal breaker, yes. But this kind of approach is a last resort. Why shouldn't someone try to influence company policy before taking such a drastic step?
Happy to be proven wrong here, but labor doesn't have much power in the US; especially when it's labor against a trillion dollar company.
I hope you're proven wrong too. I like to think this pandemic has accelerated progress on the worker's rights front. I want to believe workers as a collective have realized they're bigger than the companies they work for. This fight against Apple should be really interesting either way.
Voting with your feet is trying. Also keep your snarky (and highly boring) political stance to Reddit, whenever possible (always).
https://developerpitstop.com/how-long-do-software-engineers-...
The people who want to work from home and are being forced to work in the office, by definition aren’t “content”.
As far as the living arrangements, if the impetus for you leaving is to find remote work, how will changing to another job change your living situation?