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by fmajid
1297 days ago
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My new Mac Studo was made in Malaysia, and the computer I bought before, a Gigabyte Aorus 17G, in Taiwan. The workers at this factory rioted because they had been held there against their will due to a Covid lockdown, as opposed to the more usual being locked out of your workplace and livelihood. Ironically Xi Jinping’s inflexible zero-Covid policy is making the Chinese supply chain unreliable and doing what no amount of human-rights abuse or US government pressure could do, forcing Apple to move production out of China to places like Vietnam and India. |
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Literally the opposite.
Foxconn was trying to kick workers OUT of factory which had to shutter due to covid - the riot was over lack of compensation + bonuses. Which is about Foxconn who is infamous for mistreating workers in plants across east Asia, hence Apple doing +1 shift with Foxconn doesn't change anything, see Indian plant riotting over similar issue. Mac Studio still assembled by Foxconn. Root of problem is TW business culture, the shit practices in PRC are learned from OG TW base manufacturers who hasn't changed much, Gigabyte isn't spared.