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> " This may prompt Sony to do something as significant as Apple's move though..." Where do they [or Apple] go if not Foxconn? Foxconn is huge. Moving producti
by elithrar 13y ago
> " This may prompt Sony to do something as significant as Apple's move though..."
Where do they [or Apple] go if not Foxconn? Foxconn is huge. Moving production elsewhere, even outside of a major product launch, is likely in the realm of the infeasible.
- benologist 13y agoI don't know much about this stuff but presumably Foxconn has competitors - Samsung and Qualcomm maybe? I'm not sure Foxconn would even fail the audits at this point, they copped a lot of flack for their appalling work conditions and suicide rates in 2010 which I believe contributed to Apple's stance on work conditions since it reflected terribly on them too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
- girvo 13y agoFoxconn... really doesn't have any competitors at scale. Maybe Quanta, but that's it off the top of my head. They are unlike any other company in the world. Too big to fail, and too big to give a shit about human rights sounds about right for them.
- e12e 13y agoI suppose the common approach is to go look for another contractor, ignoring the possibility that that contractor might sub-contract back to Foxxconn... but maybe I'm just too cynical.