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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by fwipsy on Sunday March 01, 2020 @01:47PM (#22458400)
Maybe just don't buy any new hardware until/unless Apple addresses this. I expect that most of the forced labor goes towards hardware production, and I don't think that continuing to use Apple software makes you (any more) complicit.
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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by paulcarroty on Sunday March 01, 2020 @02:17PM (#22458600)
Purchasing used devices also good for ecology and don't support Apple/another vendor directly.
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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by fwipsy on Sunday March 01, 2020 @10:20PM (#22461377)
Yes, I do that myself! Might still make you complicit (edit: People may be more likely to buy Apple hardware if there's a stronger used market for them) to some extent, but less so, I guess.
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Re:‘Re-education’, forced labour and surveillance beyond Xin... by aptidude187 on Sunday March 01, 2020 @01:54PM (#22458438)
Thank you for your constructive input, this sounds very reasonable. I'll try to keep that in mind and will try to desist buying new hardware until Apple addresses this.
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