Hahaha, I remember as a teenager my favorite time to mow the lawn (in fact the only time I'd be happy to do that chore) was when our apple tree was dropping its fruit. It gave me such a joy running over rotting apples with the lawnmower, until the whole yard was covered in apple sauce!
Of course, a much better solution are critters to eat them. Birds are cool (imagine how the cats felt about alcohol filled birds, hehehe), but pigs would also do wonders on that. In fact, my dog right now would LOVE it! She's crazy about apples, preferring it to any doggy treat.
Your post also reminds me of a group I met in Budapest, who go to peoples' yards to harvest the fruit they can't or don't want to. Of course they always leave them a nice big bowl of the best pieces, but also they get a huge discount on the jams, ciders, etc. prepared from the fruit, not only harvested from their trees, but all the trees in the network. An ingenious solution to maintain abundance in our busy world.