#2 is a problem with companies Apple contracts with. And Apple holds those suppliers to high standards, partly because of past attention.
The dirty little secret is everyone uses Foxcon and other companies like them. MS does (did?) for Xboxes. Other computer makers. Electronics device makers. Everyone. Very few companies have their own factories they run top-to-bottom.
But the headlines are pointed at Apple. That gets clicks. Do those other companies try to keep worker standards up the way Apple does? No one covers that, do they.
But Amazon owns the warehouses. Amazon sets their labor standards. Maybe there are subcontractors for the workers or divers. But it’s 100% Amazon’s control. Amazon didn’t contract everything out to a logistics company. Amazon IS the logistics company.
#2 is a problem with companies Apple contracts with. And Apple holds those suppliers to high standards, partly because of past attention.
The dirty little secret is everyone uses Foxcon and other companies like them. MS does (did?) for Xboxes. Other computer makers. Electronics device makers. Everyone. Very few companies have their own factories they run top-to-bottom.
But the headlines are pointed at Apple. That gets clicks. Do those other companies try to keep worker standards up the way Apple does? No one covers that, do they.
But Amazon owns the warehouses. Amazon sets their labor standards. Maybe there are subcontractors for the workers or divers. But it’s 100% Amazon’s control. Amazon didn’t contract everything out to a logistics company. Amazon IS the logistics company.
That’s a very big difference in my book.