• This is Why You Should Feel Guilty for Buying Your iPhone
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[QUOTE=MR-X;34513709]Us needs to tax imported goods from companies like this so it brings back manufacturing jobs to the states. Shit like this would be less likely to occur.[/QUOTE] Then the Asians would have no work. Yes the work they have is abysmal but work is work.
This is a pretty common american practice really. It's a shame that it's allowed to continue
It's a catch 22. Stop buying stuff manufactured by Foxconn, they go out of business and the people who worked there to support their families will be out of a job, and possibly a home. Or, Keep buying goods made by Foxconn, supporting terrible work conditions and pay. The only true solution to this, is to have the Asian government step in and stop it, which they don't have any motivation to do.
It's not only Apple. And yes I own a Samsung phone and I feel bad because of it. Not because suddenly my moral changed somehow but more because I didn't even CONSIDER this stuff when I was happy about how my phone was cheaper than an equivalent Apple product.
[QUOTE=SilverHammer;34513896]This is a pretty common [b]Western[/b] practice really. It's a shame that it's allowed to continue[/QUOTE] FIFY
[QUOTE=faze;34513126]I didn't say it would. I like Android based phones because I won't support a company that approves of this kind of work condition, nor will I support a company that sues anything that moves.[/QUOTE] fazes fanboyism always wrecks his threads. Shame to see, really.
[QUOTE=Paravin;34513491]ALL APPLE USERS SHOULD BE SENT TO DEATH CAMPS AND MURDERED ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES. DON'T BE LIKE THE MASSES - GO ANDROID.[/QUOTE] Woah, good idea, lets do this!
Exploitation of workers is not unique to apple Enjoy your fucking starbucks.
[QUOTE=Scot;34513817]Then the Asians would have no work. Yes the work they have is abysmal but work is work.[/QUOTE] They would have their own work. They would have their own industry instead of being the sweatshop of the world. See where these "would" take use? "Would" never works. "Work is work" is easy to say when you grow up i countries where laws and livig standard do not allow for conditions like that. The more correct term would be "cheap electronics are cheap". Because WE would not want to pay the money that would be necessary to improve the conditions of there workers. Your argumentation is exacly why just "giving more money" is NOT the way to change this but rather "not allowing buisines practices like this" And we can only do that by raising awareness. And because the majority of people don't give a shit unless it comes to money, especially the companies, maybe taxing is the way to go.
I cant see people getting so anal about their phones. :v:
"Apple: to prevent overpopulation"
[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?_r=1"]Why apple makes their products in China and not in the US[/URL]
[QUOTE=Stick it in her pooper;34514126]"[B]Most manufacturing companies in china [/B]: to prevent overpopulation"[/QUOTE] Fixed. And conditions won't change anytime soon, these conditions provide cheap supplies to many manufacturers, and it's part of what's helped the massive availability of technology today. If China ever did start to care for working conditions, prices on many everyday items would skyrocket.
I am the CEO of foxconn! I own 45% precent of all your propertah!
guys, a huge fraction of companies are going to do questionable practices Apple isn't special in this case
Well, that's something I didn't know. Now I'm gonna feel very uneasy each time I see that apple. [editline]asd[/editline] Wait, fuck.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;34513573]Super hyperbolic straw man power activate![/QUOTE] Shape of, BAD POST! But seriously, as almost all technology is manufactured by these plants, there is nothing we can do about it. The developers will refuse to move to new plants, even under public pressure as it is just so cheap. China won't fix it, as they don't see a problem with it. And if we did boycott the factories, we would essentially be out of using almost all computing devices on the market. It's a bastard, but there is nothing we ourselves can do about it. It shouldn't be happening, but it does, and will continue to even if we could fix this one example.
Foxconn makes stuff for other companies too you know. Either way I'll continue to buy it if I show interest in the product.
faze is like a android extremist. And that's no better than apple cult followers.
lol android fanboy
[QUOTE=faze;34513126]I didn't say it would. I like Android based phones because I won't support a company that approves of this kind of work condition, nor will I support a company that sues anything that moves.[/QUOTE] I don't like to say it, but many Android phone components are made by Foxconn as well. That includes Samsung and Motorola phones.
[QUOTE=faze;34513023]Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/tech/gaming-gadgets/apple-boycott-commentary/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6[/url] Another reason I will never buy anything from this shit company.[/QUOTE] You Android fanboys are so fucking insane it's hard to believe.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;34515426]You Android fanboys are so fucking insane it's hard to believe.[/QUOTE] Same can be said about Apple fanboys. When it comes to fanboy rivalries, it's almost always a double-edged sword.
Its the PS3 vs Xbox 360 war all over again :v:
There's a shit load of smaller companies that use Foxconn, I wouldn't be surprised if most of Foxconn's chips go in Android tablets made in china because when I was selling them on Amazon I could mark up the price to [b]double[/b] and still sell out!
Yeah, I agree with the article and I wish I never.. iPhone is amazing, Apple is the most awesome company to ever exist. I will buy an iPad 3. My soul belongs to Apple.
And what? Every other cell phone company hasn't have something like this?
And guess what guys, without this slave labor, your I-phones, Motherboards, and other stuff skyrocket up in price! The world is a survival game and if you wanna win the game then other people have to lose.
Even if Apple is fucking evil and Foxconn is even worse, if you take all that away, what will become of those already piss poor workers?
The Foxconn suicide epidemic is greatly exaggerated. Foxconn workers actually have a lower suicide rate than the Chinese national average!
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