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To: ElkGroveDan
LOL. It doesn't matter how many intermediaries Apple uses along the way. If its products are being manufactured in communist China with Chinese labor then they are using slave labor. You can't split hairs to get around it.

You still do not know what you are talking about. You make assumptions that are just not true. They were true 25 to 30 years ago, but not today. Foxconn is a publicly traded corporation, it is NOT owned by the Communist government, unlike your assertions.

The iPhone 11 is being manufactured in INDIA. Other models are variously manufactured in Brazil. Are these workers ALSO slaves? See? You don’t have a clue about what you are talking about.

Someone posted an article about the Uyghars and supposed “slave” labor. They cited information about O-film manufacture in China and imputed it’s use in Apple iPhones. Unfortunately for them, Apple does not use Chinese made screens in iPhones. Such screens are made for Huawei and other Chinese makers, not Apple. Apple’s screens are made to Apple’s specifications by Samsung and LG.

According to ETNews, Apple will be sourcing the vast majority of its OLED panels from long-term suppliers Samsung Display and LG Display. BOE was previously predicted to be a supplier for the new models, but there is apparently a "high chance" it will be left out in favor of sticking to two suppliers. — AppleInsider

Those two suppliers are South Korean, not Chinese. I could point out a lot more inaccuracies and outright falsehoods in the report, but I am not going to even bother.

30 posted on 07/31/2020 3:01:18 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot1)
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To: Swordmaker
Foxconn is a publicly traded corporation, it is NOT owned by the Communist government, unlike your assertions.

Are you really that dense? It doesn't matter if there are fifty layers of subcontractors and intermediaries all owned by Sons of the American Revolution living in Omaha, Nebraska. It doesn't matter who owns Foxconn or Pegatron or where the screens and internal components are made. If the product is assembled in China by Chinese labor then it is made by slave labor.

As reported in WSJ: China has been a critical factor in Apple’s soaring market value. The country provides a stable, efficient, low-cost manufacturing base with an abundant network of suppliers that have helped cement Apple’s profitability.

31 posted on 07/31/2020 3:29:48 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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