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So, when it is said that it is ethical, does that extend to labor conditions in Purism's upstream supply chain? I would buy such a phone for its more robust pri

So, when it is said that it is ethical, does that extend to labor conditions in Purism's upstream supply chain? I would buy such a phone for its more robust privacy, but I wouldn't call it ethical if it was produced with conflict minerals and virtual slave labor. Not that you can really escape those realities the way things currently are.

craftyguy 8y ago
It seems like it will be made in China, so I'm not certain it gets a checkmark for "no virtual slave labor". I could be wrong I guess.
confounded 8y ago
I agree with you, but having a user-replaceable battery is the single-best thing for the questionable-labor-per-device-lifetime ratio. If there was a phone made in the USA by unionized FTEs I’d buy 20, but I’m not sure that the factories even exist in 2018. ‘Assembled’ maybe. Their laptops are assembled in South San Francisco.