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" It would obviously be a waste of money to serve more people, or even pay its Chinese workers a living wage." They do. Compare the workers at Foxconn Apple fa
by s73v3r 11y ago
" It would obviously be a waste of money to serve more people, or even pay its Chinese workers a living wage."
They do. Compare the workers at Foxconn Apple factories to other factory workers. And remember that just about every other tech company also makes their stuff in China.
- scholia 11y agoEvery company makes stuff in China, but not under the massive pressure that Apple's big-bang marketing puts them under, where workers are forced to deliver many millions of devices in the shortest possible time. It was Apple production lines that were driving suicides, and hence the nets round Foxconn dorms. Pegatron has had Chinese workers doing 90-100 hours a week, sometimes more, just so Apple fanboys can get their fancy new toys without the massive loss of kudos that waiting a month would cost them. http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/report/107 http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/report/107 And Apple workers do not get a living wage, according to China Labor Watch, even though -- as I stated correctly -- Apple is making a billion dollars a week in profits and has more than $200 billion in cash. Of course, this isn't brutal capitalist exploitation. Or if it is, well, who cares?