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First, the rate of suicides at these factories is less than that of the background population in China. Second, Apple is far from the only company that uses Fo
by stouset 5y ago
First, the rate of suicides at these factories is less than that of the background population in China.
Second, Apple is far from the only company that uses Foxconn for manufacturing. Other major customers of theirs are:
* Acer
* Amazon
* Apple
* Cisco
* Dell
* Google
* HP
* Intel
* Lenovo
* Microsoft
* Motorola
* Nintendo
* Sony
Do you suggest we shut down all of these companies too?
Consider that Apple has publicly done more to ensure reasonable working conditions for their third-party suppliers than the rest of the companies on this list combined.
- literallyaduck 5y ago"Do you suggest we shut down all of these companies too?" Yes. Allowing it because "everyone else is doing it" doesn't make it right.
- stouset 5y agoSee my first point for how that falls apart too.
- literallyaduck 5y agoSuicide stats are particularly odd in China, go to the statistics section: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_China https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_China Also, looking at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides "The total number of Foxconn employee suicides is unknown." If the total deaths are not reported how can we compare?
- stouset 5y ago> If the total deaths are not reported how can we compare? So if I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying we don't have to data to even determine whether or not there's a problem. At the same time, you're willing to shutter the vast majority of the world's consumer computer hardware businesses over it?
- literallyaduck 5y agoAre you saying this isn't a problem? https://www.scmp.com/article/733389/struggle-foxconn-girl-who-wanted-die https://www.scmp.com/article/733389/struggle-foxconn-girl-wh...
- stouset 5y agoYou're the one saying we don't have the data. And trying to backpedal your way out it by highlighting a single sob story.