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Re:Commission fines Temu €200M for breaching the Digital Ser... by handle584 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @10:51AM (#48309787)
Not really, Aliexpress is from Alibaba, who has been in the exporting business for many years. While Temu is from Pinduoduo, a competitor to Alibaba known for malicious business practices including exploiting an Android 0-day vulnerability [0].

[0]: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/andro...

Edit: I should add that Pinduoduo also ended up being fined over $200 million after a couple fist fight with auditing officials in China [1]. Stay safe, EU folks.

[1]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/fistfight...

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Re:Commission fines Temu €200M for breaching the Digital Ser... by psychoslave on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:22AM (#48310268)
So, like Aliexpress is considered more ethical at this point? Asking as I heard Aliexpress’ ware could sometime be produced forced labors from prison in the underlying retailers. Not that prisoners situation seems particularly fine across all EU and USA either.
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Re:Commission fines Temu €200M for breaching the Digital Ser... by bossyTeacher on Thursday May 28, 2026 @01:10PM (#48312098)
More ethical makes it more palatable. The reality is that alibaba is a lesser evil
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Re:Commission fines Temu €200M for breaching the Digital Ser... by handle584 on Friday May 29, 2026 @10:41AM (#48323698)
Like the other commenter said, all you can say is less evil. Basically everything from China is made by factory workers working 12 hour shifts with 1 day off every 14 days, or programmers working 12 hour a day with 1 day off every 7 days. So forced labors from prison is not that bad comparing to daily life there, just another one of these first world problems.
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