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by recoiledsnake 5486 days ago
Wow just wow. Maybe that's why they started paying Foxconn employees a few cents extra per iDevice so that they won't violate their employee agreement to not commit suicide? At least they have a job unlike non-employees, right?

There are a lot of examples of Apple's moneymindedness like margins on hardawre, upgrades cost, 30% of app cost etc. but the the most egregious is the 30% tithe on all in-app purchases and subscription content. The fact that they rejected Readability's app for the iPhone and iPad AFTER taking their FOSS code to implement the readability feature is Safari is one of the biggest examples of how Apple is squeezing the last bit of money. http://blog.readability.com/2011/02/an-open-letter-to-apple/

How altruistic is that?
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rimantas 5486 days ago
Oh, so now Apple pays salary for Foxconn employees? That's an interesting piece of news. How about HP, Cisco, Intel, Acer, Asus, Dell, Nokia, etc? How is suicide rate among Foxconn employees compared to average?
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flatulent1 5486 days ago
Foxconn has had some problems, but didn't rank that poorly. It seems to be more a case of what life is like in China.

"In a survey published in 2010 by Oxfam Hong Kong, Foxconn ranked sixth for corporate social responsibility out of the 42 companies that then made up the Hang Seng index."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13624798

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recoiledsnake 5486 days ago
Yes they did provide a raise. Here's your interesting news. http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?s=&threadi...

You can find other references to that raise by using a search engine.

You mean you have no control over a factory that you're the primary(or only) customer of?

>How about HP, Cisco, Intel, Acer, Asus, Dell, Nokia, etc?

I was replying to your GP post that stated that Apple and Jobs weren't after profit margins only. So you mean Apple is as mindlessly profit driven(if not more) as all those other companies you just listed? Thanks for proving my point. http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/06/02/foxconn-pay-rai...

Oh, and sorry downvoters for insulting your religion with facts. I should have known better, I will toe in line so that I don't get banned due to bad karma. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-19/tech/apple.religion_1_app...

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rimantas 5486 days ago 

  > So you mean Apple is as mindlessly profit driven(if not
  > more) as all those other companies you just listed?
No. Foxconn makes products not only for Apple, but for those and other companies too. Hence my question, why should Apple be responsible for the pay. And Jobs' desire is not to improve experience for those making the products, but for those using them.
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cooldeal 5486 days ago
Sad to see people downvoting valid arguments without replying why.
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