Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by bstar77 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:51PM
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That's fine, but tell me where I can buy an ethically sourced phone? I develop for iOS, Android and Desktop systems. Each of these devices have thousands of components from different vendors that I have to support. The parent article is talking about some glass.
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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by wizzwizz4 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:22PM
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https://www.fairphone.com/en/ probably, https://www.pine64.org/ maybe. Knowing something exists is the biggest step towards finding it.
Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by bstar77 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @11:38PM
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These phones can't do much to address a glass supplier that is mean to their workers. These are just more environmentally sustainable phones.
I'm all in on putting pressure on Apple and others to clean up their supply chain, but it can't just be Apple that's held to this standard. Right now it is.
Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:12AM
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Fairphone actually does; their (screen) glass for the Fairphone 2 was from Korning. See https://open.sourcemap.com/maps/57bd640851c05c0a5b5a8be1.
Why did you say they “can't”?
Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i...
by bstar77 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @12:20PM
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My point is that there are too many components to have complete control over the whole supply chain, so these types of issues will come up and hopefully responded to accordingly. I really appreciate that these sustainable devices exist, and I think they are a huge step forward.
Getting back to the initial comment I made... I think it's important to keep a company like Apple/Google/Samsung honest regarding their attention to their supplier's ethics. A company like Apple is going to be pretty responsive to concerns of worker mistreatment, if presented in an honest way. If we are too quick to incriminate Apple whenever a story like this comes up, it comes off more like we have an agenda against them, especially if we are not vetting the story before expressing outrage.