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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by lucaspiller on Friday December 19, 2014 @09:51AM (#8772414)
Bear in mind that the salary these workers get is probably less than half that. Last year, according to the Daily Mail (yeah...), they were being paid £180 ($300) per month [0]. The salary these workers get is a small percentage of the retail price of these devices, it's not like Apple can't afford to pay them a decent salary and provide ethical working conditions.

[0] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103798/Revealed-Ins...

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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by mcphage on Friday December 19, 2014 @10:04AM (#8772472)
> it's not like Apple can't afford to pay them a decent salary

Well, Apple doesn't pay them any salary at all—they're not Apple employees.

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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by ghostDancer on Friday December 19, 2014 @01:48PM (#8773756)
Yes but they are deeply offended , if they're not their employees is not their problem, why feel offended? .
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Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC by mcphage on Friday December 19, 2014 @03:27PM (#8774321)
I get offended by plenty of things outside my direct sphere of influence, that aren't my problem. Most of them, I can't do anything about. But it's still upsetting.
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