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In reply to the discussion: Apple Inc. pays its CEO more, and those at the bottom less, than any other US company. [View all]Atman
(31,464 posts)4. Foxconn makes a lot of the cheap shit you buy.
Foxconn is NOT Apple. Should Apple seek another vendor? Sure. But stop this bullshit saying they are one and the same. Foxconn is a result of the Walmartification of America. We wanted cheaper electronic gadgets, so we laid off all our workers and outsourced everything to China. Now we're shocked -- SHOCKED, I tell you -- to discover that humans don't like working 20 hour days for 3 cents an hour.
It's all Apple's fault. Yeah, keep telling yourself that.
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Apple Inc. pays its CEO more, and those at the bottom less, than any other US company. [View all]
Lionel Mandrake
Jan 2012
OP
Hmmm. I was sort of making this point elsewhere on the board earlier this evening.
MADem
Jan 2012
#2
It IS Apple's fault... they have quite a lot of control over who they do business with...
JCMach1
Jan 2012
#11
And Apple's contract with Foxconn requires better conditions than the rest of the plant
jeff47
Jan 2012
#23
The complaint is poor working conditions. Apple requires better working conditions
jeff47
Jan 2012
#29
Why doesn't Apple just move production to someplace that meets their requirements? nt
Snake Alchemist
Jan 2012
#32
Because Foxconn runs the Apple part of the factory such that it meets their requirements
jeff47
Jan 2012
#33
So you can abuse the hell out of workers if you're not making a large enough profit? (nt)
jeff47
Jan 2012
#36
Apple has the power to change that the same way Walmart has incredible power over its suppliers
JCMach1
Jan 2012
#39
I never understand people who have a favorite mega-corporation be it Apple or another. nt.
Snake Alchemist
Jan 2012
#12
I disliked Apple most of my adult life after I could not get support for an Apple 2C
LiberalArkie
Jan 2012
#13
It's only recently that Microsoft and the hardware people have been able to be so stable
jeff47
Jan 2012
#30
Why should Apple consumers waste their beautiful minds on irrelevant details like that?
eShirl
Jan 2012
#16