Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China

Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by desiarnezjr on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:29PM (#25573057)

And almost every company on that list will use the same factories, supply chain, and probably labor. There are not that many ODM manufacturers that have enough scale and capability to build high precision electronics.

That would be companies like Foxconn, Pegatron (from the same founders of Asus), Wistron, Compal, etc., etc. Basically every factory that manufactures your Dell, Asus, Samsung (?), etc.

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by judge2020 on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:41PM (#25573206)

Intel might just be the only company where there's a chance your chip is built in the US and thus uses the minimal amount of forced labor necessary to mine and ship the raw material.

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Re:Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor i... by ogre_codes on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:48PM (#25573286)

I don't think the issue is with the CPUs. For example TSMC is has always seemed pretty well clear of these issues as well. Forced labor is usually involved in mining for battery components, or mid-low skill tasks like assembly.

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