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Targeting Apple has proven to be the best vehicle for that. Do you have any evidence at all for this? How do you know that targeting other companies too wouldn

• tatsuke95 15y ago
  My proof is that they're attacking Apple, and it's working; we're talking about it. We're also talking about the fact that Apple isn't the only company to blame. Even that happened by attacking Apple. I'm not being facetious: are you really in need of evidence? It's happening, and the people who are doing it have decided it's the best strategy. I can't go by anything else. And thanks to the nature of the experiment, it can't be repeated. It may or may not be optimal, it just is.
  • rbarooah 15y ago
    I didn't say it wasn't working. I just think don't think it's helpful to claim it's the best way. [edit: one reason I think it's unhelpful is that it legitimizes misleading reporting, which is itself a great harm]
    • tatsuke95 15y ago
      I'll concede that "proven to be the best" was probably too strong a claim. Proven to be sufficient at achieving the goal, then.
      • rbarooah 15y ago
        I agree that it's achieving the goal of pushing Apple to improve working conditions although given that they started their improvement program in 2006, it's highly debatable whether the recent outrage has achieved anything that wasn't already happening. It remains to be seen whether this will have any effect on other manufacturers.