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> Apple's manufacturing should not be compared to Google, because they dont do any manufacturing

Strictly speaking, neither does Apple (or they do, but very little). Google has just contracted it out one step further.

> Is Apple worse than Samsung in treating its laborers? I dont know.

It's messier with Samsung, because there are three sets of workers; those in Korean Samsung factories, those in Chinese Samsung factories, and those in Foxconn (which contracts for Samsung). In the last case, they're the _same_ workers.