[dirtyid]

>assembled in China, and most under even worse conditions than FoxConn

Citation needed. There's a reason Honhai / Foxconn / TW businesses have decades old bad rep in East Asia, in terms of working conditions, mistreating workers, withholding compensation and passports. Much of the China-bad meme of rampant gulag capitalism applies and were imported from TW by TW business culture (granted at invitation of PRC), from gutteroil to tofu construction, distant fishing slavery etc. Poor TW workers rights get exported abroad (i.e. Indian plant) where they're generally invited and hence have leverage to mistreat. If anything, from my experience, working conditions in PRC manufacturing sectors comparable to Foxconn are now generally better, more abide by rights and laws simply because PRC nationals can be easily held accountable vs. Foxconn getting immunity from local gov due to cross strait cooperation perks, or whatever regional equivalent to draw Foxconn investment. Labour issue will persist regardless of where you buy from, because likely you'll still be buying from the same global manufacturing company known for not having scruples.