I don't know what the right solution is for forcing Apple's hand in treating the workers this far down the line better -- though I firmly believe the richest co

I don't know what the right solution is for forcing Apple's hand in treating the workers this far down the line better -- though I firmly believe the richest company in the world owes it to everyone involved with it (i.e. the people making the phones themselves) to ensure they're treated better. That said, the house/contractor analogy shows more than anything else that while analogies can illuminate the subject matter, they're imperfect: I don't believe there's one meaningful set of laws that can govern the typical homeowner hiring out renovation and the richest company in the world hiring low-paid workers through an intermediary that ostensibly gives it some legal protection and distance.