If people aren't going to stop buying these gadgets then none of this, the expose the reports the editorials none of it matters.
If everything stays status quo foxconn won't stop abusing employee's. Why should they? It's worked thus far.
Apple and the other American companies that buy from these factories, might put pressure on foxconn, they might not. Even if they do what guarantee is there that foxconn will stop.. As long as parts keep selling why should they?
The only way to make sure this crap stops is with us and our wallets. But like the author pointed out, even if you don't buy that iPhone because it's made by these people you go buy a HTC phone instead, chances are some part of it was made in a factory just similar to this one.
God knows no one here is going to give up gadgets totally or actually look into who it's made by and how. Thats too much work.
All this fuss isn't going to make a bit of difference in the end.
@bfdhud Btw... it is not "Foxconn" abuse, in fact, if you read the article this editorial is based on, the workers see "Foxconn" as one of the best factories because of the huge permisiveness on extra-hours of work. That, my friend, in the end builds up the anxiety on the workers, because a worker with basic education can have the same wage as one with a university degree, but working 12-18 hours a day, and because of that, they can begin to have a higher level of life, that in the end winds up in physical/mental fatigue, which causes the worker to not be able to do the extra hours, finally getting the "water to the neck" (because we humans tend to burn all the money we earn) and not being able to pay credit-cards, house bills makes anyone anxious enough to crack.
On a side note, remember that these suicides make up part of the "normal" suicide rates any country has, and with the sheer amount of people living in china, it is "normal" to have this suicide rate (my country with less than 30 mill people has less than 1k suicides yearly).
@bfdhud Why is everyone bitching at the consumer and not saying a word about company profits! When companies are small the profit goes directly back into the company. When big companies buy small ones they suck up all the profit and just put it in their bank account.
Heck speaking of Apple, look at their margins! Large companies ftl...
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If people aren't going to stop buying these gadgets then none of this, the expose the reports the editorials none of it matters.
If everything stays status quo foxconn won't stop abusing employee's. Why should they? It's worked thus far.
Apple and the other American companies that buy from these factories, might put pressure on foxconn, they might not. Even if they do what guarantee is there that foxconn will stop.. As long as parts keep selling why should they?
The only way to make sure this crap stops is with us and our wallets. But like the author pointed out, even if you don't buy that iPhone because it's made by these people you go buy a HTC phone instead, chances are some part of it was made in a factory just similar to this one.
God knows no one here is going to give up gadgets totally or actually look into who it's made by and how. Thats too much work.
All this fuss isn't going to make a bit of difference in the end.
@bfdhud
I'd buy it. We need to start supporting ourselves again.
@Vandikar1 agreed, we should be self sufficient. But we're not and never will be again.
@bfdhud Btw... it is not "Foxconn" abuse, in fact, if you read the article this editorial is based on, the workers see "Foxconn" as one of the best factories because of the huge permisiveness on extra-hours of work. That, my friend, in the end builds up the anxiety on the workers, because a worker with basic education can have the same wage as one with a university degree, but working 12-18 hours a day, and because of that, they can begin to have a higher level of life, that in the end winds up in physical/mental fatigue, which causes the worker to not be able to do the extra hours, finally getting the "water to the neck" (because we humans tend to burn all the money we earn) and not being able to pay credit-cards, house bills makes anyone anxious enough to crack.
On a side note, remember that these suicides make up part of the "normal" suicide rates any country has, and with the sheer amount of people living in china, it is "normal" to have this suicide rate (my country with less than 30 mill people has less than 1k suicides yearly).
@bfdhud Why is everyone bitching at the consumer and not saying a word about company profits! When companies are small the profit goes directly back into the company. When big companies buy small ones they suck up all the profit and just put it in their bank account.
Heck speaking of Apple, look at their margins! Large companies ftl...