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They are outsourcing but they're specifically negotiating contracts that guarantee living wages, ethical worker conditions and ethically sourced raw materials,

They are outsourcing but they're specifically negotiating contracts that guarantee living wages, ethical worker conditions and ethically sourced raw materials, so that's gonna be factored into costs. See: https://www.fairphone.com/en/2020/12/18/living-wage/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2020/12/18/living-wage/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/category/good-working-conditions/ https://www.fairphone.com/en/category/good-working-condition...

criddell 5y ago
According to the articles, that explains about $2 of the difference.
- lucideer 5y ago
  That's the change as of that blogpost: they're using their own initial costings as a baseline so it's still going to be much more than a $2 increase over average manufacturers.