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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by varajelle on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:56AM (#30662403)
> Primarc clothing sometimes comes with scraps of paper 'Help, i am being kept as a slave',

I've never heard of that and couldn't find any reference to it with a internet search.

Edit: found it: https://metro.co.uk/2015/12/11/girl-finds-cry-for-help-note-...

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:12PM (#30662605)
The point is not spesifically about primarc, there are many products that awere produced with slave labour, from conalt mining to cotton in the 1700s and people keep buying them
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