Re:Apple goes to war with the BBC
by ceejayoz on Friday December 19, 2014 @06:51PM
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I think it's both a problem companies like Apple can do a lot more to address and likely to be significantly better than the alternatives most of the employees have available.
People aren't joining Foxconn from jobs where they've got 40 hours a week and vacation time. They're often joining from rural areas with subsistence farming, poverty, shittier jobs, etc. International attention on Apple and Foxconn likely prevent at least some abuses that are rampant elsewhere in China.
All that said, there's no reason we in places like the US can't pay $20 more for an iPhone.
People aren't joining Foxconn from jobs where they've got 40 hours a week and vacation time. They're often joining from rural areas with subsistence farming, poverty, shittier jobs, etc. International attention on Apple and Foxconn likely prevent at least some abuses that are rampant elsewhere in China.
All that said, there's no reason we in places like the US can't pay $20 more for an iPhone.