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I like this idea, but I have to agree it would be unlikely for most people to pay $600 for a free-trade iPad when they can get the same thing for $500. I think
by jakejake 15y ago
I like this idea, but I have to agree it would be unlikely for most people to pay $600 for a free-trade iPad when they can get the same thing for $500.
I think it would only work if the free trade version is the only one available.
- wanttoseedead 15y agostill permbanned... Apple fanboys rule HN
- batista 15y ago"I like this idea, but I have to agree it would be unlikely for most people to pay $600 for a free-trade iPad when they can get the same thing for $500." Then it should be made mandatory, so that no gadget could be sold in the market that is not made in fair trade conditions --even if it was made elsewhere. You should be competing on price by slashing your profit margins or finding some more efficient engineering/materials etc, not by turning wages and working conditions into a race to the bottom.