Mike Daisey goes after Apple, the late Steve Jobs

[Quixote1818]

It's quite disgusting how these Apple devices are made:

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Daisey, a monologuist in the vein of Spalding Gray and a recovering "Apple fanboy," hasn't upgraded his phone since flying to China to investigate how those smooth, beautifully designed hand-held gizmos are made.

What he found was horrific labor conditions, impossibly long hours and the use of crippling, repetitive motions. He met very young factory workers whose joints in their hands were damaged because they performed the same action thousands of times a shift.

"I was woefully ignorant most of my life. Even though I love the devices deeply, I never had any idea how they were made and never thought about it in the least," says Daisey, who had assumed robots put together his iPad and iPhone.

"I know that people in charge know about these things and chose not to address them," he adds. "And that's hard to swallow when you see the damage it does and you know how little it would take to ameliorate a high degree of human suffering."



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[Crazy Dave]

1. Even the computer you are posting on...

Was either made or most of its components made in a deplorable sweat-shop overseas.

Edit: Mine too I'm sure.

[onehandle]

2. Same factories that make products for HP, Dell, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, Acer, Sony...

...Motorola, Nintendo, Cisco, and many others.

[Luminous Animal]

3. It certainly is odd that focus is on Apple given that ALL electronic companies

practice the same horribly exploitive practices.

When Daisey's phone breaks, he's going to have to give up cell phones altogether.

[dkf]

4. Don't they all use Foxconn?

[demosincebirth]

5. You could have knocked me over with a feather. Who

would have thought that working condition were that bad in China.