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In the discussion thread: Apple comes out and says it [View all]

Sun Jan 22, 2012, 10:33 PM

tridim (40,941 posts)

42. It isn't a canard, it is a fact.

No commitment Iphone 4s Retail:

16gb $649.99
32gb $749.99
64gb $849.99

But go ahead and add 12 months of service to the price and pretend your phone only cost $99.00. Everyone knows what Apple realy charges.

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84 replies	Author	Time	Post
Apple comes out and says it [View all]	kpete	Jan 2012	OP
Apple loves slaves. nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#1
Of course, how else could they amass over $80 billion.	ohnoyoudidnt	Jan 2012	#2
FOXCONN also manufactures amazon kindle, playstation3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii.	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#4
Right. Apple and other U.S. corporations love slaves. nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#5
Not just US. Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#7
Yes. Apple and other corporations love slaves. nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#9
Ever seen a Du thread about any of those other corps?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#11
Yes, that makes Apple less guilty, I suppose. I just don't understand how. nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#12
Don't put words in my mouth.	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#13
I'm waiting for your explanation. No, actually, I don't care.	valerief	Jan 2012	#17
How many FOXCONN products do you own and use?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#20
Their shit is in everything.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2012	#60
Precisely	Sherman A1	Jan 2012	#32
I have seen others, but fewer. Thanks for helping keep all these slave-masters in the light.	Scuba	Jan 2012	#30
Tenth worker at iPad factory commits suicide	ObServer2012	Feb 2012	#76
Xbox 360 assembly workers in China threaten mass suicide	emulatorloo	Feb 2012	#78
Isn't that the company where the employees threatened mass suicide if they	1monster	Jan 2012	#27
Difference lies in how Apple and fanbois present the company.	TheMadMonk	Jan 2012	#36
Good point. Some times the best poster boy is the "untainted" "hip" company everyone loves	Leopolds Ghost	Jan 2012	#56
Textbook case of Apple Derangement Syndrome	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#64
Early Apple Fan, but dumped as it went more and more proprietary.	TheMadMonk	Jan 2012	#69
80 billion of unpaid labor.	harun	Jan 2012	#46
iSlaves	KurtNYC	Jan 2012	#74
Deplorable. FOXCONN major clients	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#3
The reason there is not so much outrage about the other corporations doing the same thing	Muskypundit	Jan 2012	#24
And only Apple has massive profit margins that our generation pays without question.	tridim	Jan 2012	#35
Seems rather hypocritical.	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#67
People who own the other items	Confusious	Jan 2012	#26
So Samsung, Amazon, Dell get a free pass because somebody told you they liked their iPod?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#73
The squeaky wheel gets the oil	Confusious	Jan 2012	#75
I don't recall entire websites dedicated to HP, with fans running around the internet...	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#47
I guess that means HP doesn't use FOXCONN then?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#65
Nah, more that Apple is the largest "feel good" consumer of Foxconn.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#70
I'm not here to "justify" Apple. I am here to learn how DU'ers "justify" denying the larger issue	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#71
America's military protects the corporations that outsource our jobs	think	Jan 2012	#6
OH NOES! Everything is Apple's fault!	Atman	Jan 2012	#8
DU is fundamentally dishonest on this issue. Where are the Samsung threads?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#10
Why aren't you posting them? nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#16
I am not your research assistant	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#19
I did the research for you	brentspeak	Jan 2012	#50
Brent, your speciality is putting words in other people's mouths and creating Strawman	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#68
Nice red herring response.	HuckleB	Feb 2012	#81
EXACTLY!!!	HuckleB	Feb 2012	#79
Correct the blame needs to be shared by all the multinational corporations	think	Jan 2012	#14
Exactly.	Atman	Jan 2012	#25
+1,000,000,000,000	HuckleB	Feb 2012	#80
Then all of the execs should be required to live in China.	Ilsa	Jan 2012	#15
If we're brutally honest, it's "we love slaves"	caraher	Jan 2012	#18
The situtation is very complex. However, complacency will not resolve the situation.	think	Jan 2012	#22
+1	dreamnightwind	Jan 2012	#63
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tesha	Jan 2012	#23
Yup.	HuckleB	Feb 2012	#82
"efficiency" = "how can we justify our psychopathy"	Odin2005	Jan 2012	#21
Only our government can stop this	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#28
Tariffs?!! NOOooo!!! The free market is our only true path to prosperity!!	RufusTFirefly	Jan 2012	#33
Apple's competitors ALL undercut Apple's pricing.	tridim	Jan 2012	#37
Apple's Airbooks cost the same as the Samsung equivalent	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#39
It isn't a canard, it is a fact.	tridim	Jan 2012	#42
Who pays retail?	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#66
That doesn't provide any reference point comparison	quakerboy	Feb 2012	#83
Forget tariffs.	ChadwickHenryWard	Jan 2012	#43
I think we need to ban them here, as well	MannyGoldstein	Jan 2012	#44
I too have worked such jobs.	ChadwickHenryWard	Jan 2012	#49
Seen that too I had a friend who worked as a 'sub contractor' at a warehouse	lunasun	Feb 2012	#77
Article from Alternet vis a vis Apple	kurtzapril4	Jan 2012	#29
beleaguered Apple ...	guyton	Jan 2012	#31
This message was self-deleted by its author	Atman	Jan 2012	#38
What about HTC?	Blacksheep214	Jan 2012	#34
Sniff. Leave Apple Alone.....	marmar	Jan 2012	#40
Story on This American Life this past week.. really well done.	2banon	Jan 2012	#41
Thank you so much for posting that.	ChadwickHenryWard	Jan 2012	#48
You're welcome, I thought it was really well done too.	2banon	Jan 2012	#72
Listening now.	progressoid	Jan 2012	#51
Thanks for the link.	unapatriciated	Jan 2012	#58
If Apple is beholden to overseas, that's not necessarily good for Apple	usrname	Jan 2012	#45
A biscuit and a cup of tea.	MADem	Jan 2012	#52
If your business model relies on slave labor you should not be in business n/t	me b zola	Jan 2012	#53
When one corporation is allowed to use slave labor, and use labor controls that are crimes,	fasttense	Jan 2012	#54
American prison labor	Blacksheep214	Jan 2012	#55
Only labor tariffs can solve this issue. And only a country ruled by middle/working class can do so!	Leopolds Ghost	Jan 2012	#57
kick	Blue_Tires	Jan 2012	#59
Apple executives say that using Slaves, at this point, is their only option	thelordofhell	Jan 2012	#61
Great article about global capitalism	dreamnightwind	Jan 2012	#62
At some point	quakerboy	Feb 2012	#84

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