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I feel nauseated by the higher than thou attitude of Apple. While Apple is pointing fingers at Google about collecting user data, let's see what kinds of busin
by dba7dba 12y ago
I feel nauseated by the higher than thou attitude of Apple.
While Apple is pointing fingers at Google about collecting user data, let's see what kinds of business Apple and Google are in.
Apple's main strength is designing product, farm them out to contractors for assembly, market the products and sell them.
When it comes to child labor or near slavery like working condition that the Chinese assembly line workers labor in, Apple's defense is that they are not Apple employees. Well, that doesn't fly with me. They are still paying (or not paying enough) for the tough condition.
And what business is Google in? Their business is in collecting user data and selling them for ad. They don't farm out assembly work to contractors that force employees to work in slavery like condition.
So what do like less?
1) Supporting a company that condones slavery like working condition?
2) Supporting a company that collects data but does not pay contractors who put workers into slavery like working condition?
So I'd say it's even. Apple is not any better than Google. And frankly, looking at me.com and other cloud platform that Apple has tried to prop up and failed so far, I'd say Apple is better off staying in their line of business.
- rimantas 12y agoTell me, was me.com also built using child labour? Or does Android run on nothing but the thin air? If not, can all makers show something like http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/ http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/ ?