Taking a Hypocritical Bite at Apple
Jan. 28th, 2012 06:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundThe last week or so I've seen a lot of people ragging on Apple over the factory conditions at Foxconn in China, who Apple contracts to do much of their production.
I'm just wondering how many of the people who are bashing Apple and swearing they'll never buy an Apple product have anything by Acer, ASUS, Cisco, Netgear, Lenovo (or Dell. Do they have a Nintendo DS or Wii?? What about a Microsoft XBox 360?? Sony laptop. playstation, or PSP?? Do they have an Amazon Kindle or Barns and Noble Nook?? What about anything from IBM or HP? Do they have Intel Inside?? Do they have a Motorola, Sony Ericsson or Nokia mobile phone? What about a Panasonic or Sharp TV, DVD, or laptop? A Vizio monitor??
If the answer to any of those is "yes", then congratulations. You're using a product more than likely ALSO made by Foxconn, in the exact same factories and conditions that Apple products are made in.
Wouldn't it make more sense, rather than ragging on one company, to hold ALL of them to task for the conditions their contractors maintain? Or is it simply easier to lash out at one particular company and ignore the rest?
I'm just wondering how many of the people who are bashing Apple and swearing they'll never buy an Apple product have anything by Acer, ASUS, Cisco, Netgear, Lenovo (or Dell. Do they have a Nintendo DS or Wii?? What about a Microsoft XBox 360?? Sony laptop. playstation, or PSP?? Do they have an Amazon Kindle or Barns and Noble Nook?? What about anything from IBM or HP? Do they have Intel Inside?? Do they have a Motorola, Sony Ericsson or Nokia mobile phone? What about a Panasonic or Sharp TV, DVD, or laptop? A Vizio monitor??
If the answer to any of those is "yes", then congratulations. You're using a product more than likely ALSO made by Foxconn, in the exact same factories and conditions that Apple products are made in.
Wouldn't it make more sense, rather than ragging on one company, to hold ALL of them to task for the conditions their contractors maintain? Or is it simply easier to lash out at one particular company and ignore the rest?
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Date: 2012-01-30 03:49 am (UTC)I am a very happy owner of one of your cellphones. Lately though it has come to my attention that one of your manufacturers, Foxcon, is manufacturing your products under unacceptable conditions.
As a loyal customer I am asking you to please correct this situation, otherwise I will be forced to resort to other means of communication. (I still have my boy scout semaphore flags and am not afraid to use them!)
Oh and I'll have to dust off my selectric II and see if it works before I fire off letters to Dell and Intel...