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Originally Posted by Fotoman
The Foxconn story should be spread everywhere that related discussions happen, like this forum, for example.
It strikes me that CEOs like SJ, who likes to portray himself as a force for progressive ideas, should spend less time using Apple's might to try to kill flash, and more time using their financial clout to force foxconn into providing more humane working conditions.
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There is a lot of blame to spread around here. Foxconn is absolutely huge, and you'd be hard pressed to find an electronics product that Foxconn was not involved in manufacturing.
Kindle? Foxconn.
Sony Reader? Foxconn.
Devices like the Nook and iRex wouldn't surprise me to be Foxconn as well. You've got the biggest PC manufacturers in the world, Dell and HP both using Foxconn to build their stuff. A lot of cheaper-end TVs are Foxconn and their ilk (the good stuff tends to be manufactured in Japanese plants, where margins are high enough to afford the more expensive labor). Ever buy a game console (or handheld like the DS or PSP)? Foxconn.
If we are to lash Jobs for this, we need to lash the CEOs of pretty much every major electronics firm with a US presence.