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Ignorance is bliss...
The Image Microsoft doesn't want you to see VOL: FEEL GUILTY?
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They have before, Apple's Chinese manf. isn't any different.
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LOL! Heads up 7up.
Seriously though, its been like that for years over there. It aint right- but it aint news either.
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Slumped over in exhaustion or covering their faces fearing recognition and subsequent termination?
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Terrible.
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you do know that a Foxconn employee (the company who makes iPhones for Apple) committed suicide b/c he was so afraid of the punishment he was going to get from Apple for supposedly leaking new iPhone info.
On Thursday, July 9th, Sun got 16 prototype phones from the assembly line at a local Foxconn factory. At some point in the next few days, he discovered that one of the phones was missing. He suspected that it had been left at the factory, but couldn't find it. On Monday, July 13, he reported the missing phone to his boss. Then, that Wednesday, three Foxconn employees searched his apartment -- illegally, according to Chinese law. Accusations are flying that Sun was detained and physically abused during the investigation, although this has not been substantiated (possible evidence: there's this somewhat garbled and potentially faked instant message exchange from Sun shortly before his death).
What is known: On Thursday -- a little after 3 a.m. according to surveillance videos in the apartment building -- he jumped out of a window in his apartment building to his death.
On Thursday, July 9th, Sun got 16 prototype phones from the assembly line at a local Foxconn factory. At some point in the next few days, he discovered that one of the phones was missing. He suspected that it had been left at the factory, but couldn't find it. On Monday, July 13, he reported the missing phone to his boss. Then, that Wednesday, three Foxconn employees searched his apartment -- illegally, according to Chinese law. Accusations are flying that Sun was detained and physically abused during the investigation, although this has not been substantiated (possible evidence: there's this somewhat garbled and potentially faked instant message exchange from Sun shortly before his death).
What is known: On Thursday -- a little after 3 a.m. according to surveillance videos in the apartment building -- he jumped out of a window in his apartment building to his death.
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gotta love it.
the companies want those profits so its either cheaper stuff and cheap labor, or WE the consumers pay the price.. God forbid a company profits only $1.2 billion and not $1.4
the companies want those profits so its either cheaper stuff and cheap labor, or WE the consumers pay the price.. God forbid a company profits only $1.2 billion and not $1.4
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OP there actually was a story about apple factories using children to manufacturer their stuff.
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it is well known that nike employees work under similar conditions. i have a book about sneaker manufactoring from the 70's with images of smiling american factory workers gluing nike waffle soles onto nike uppers. all the images are from a nike factory when they were made in the USA. there is even seniors working, sewing the uppers together.
i stopped buying brand new sneakers altogether and mostly rock second hand kicks via ebay. the only sneakers i undeadstock are new balances which are made in the USA or UK, for the most part.
and the quality of nikes(and other competing brands) has dimished tremendously over the past decade, so much that nike variants are probably made with equal or better quality materials. it's all connected, lower quality materials = higher profits = slave labor.
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blame wall street then. 1.4 compared to 1.2 will drop stock price, resulting in cost cutting, then more jobs lost
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SMH!
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google apple+sweatshops
apple fanboys in denial again
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this is why i fin hate apple fanboys
apple does the same thing, got caught over a month ago and everyone pretends they dont know about it and have some nerve to say mac ftw
G T F O
apple does the same thing, got caught over a month ago and everyone pretends they dont know about it and have some nerve to say mac ftw
G T F O
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son posted twice in a row...tell em why you mad
son posted twice in a row...tell em why you mad
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BLAME CHINA
i don't get it... everyone wants to point the finger at the company. well if the country doesn't allow it it wouldn't happen.
I don't feel bad, it's how China gets down.
i don't get it... everyone wants to point the finger at the company. well if the country doesn't allow it it wouldn't happen.
I don't feel bad, it's how China gets down.
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That's a pretty nice job if they let everyone take a nap like that.
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it's the company. why doesn't new balance, american apparel, etc. outsource to china? it's called business ethics.
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That's horrible. The sad truth is that all the major successful companies have similar factories to minimize cost and increase profit.
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@ Apple fanboys exploiting this. I truly feel sorry for you. You sincerely believe that you're a better human being for buying Apple products than someone buying Microsoft products. How sad.
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