[VonLipwig]

Call me heartless... a job needs doing. Someone is doing it.

If Apple ran these factories then yes, boycott them. However they don't. They hire Chinese companies to put their products together.

This is a China problem not an Apple problem. China can introduce work standards, maximum working hours, minimum pay etc. Contracts can then be renegotiated or whatever.

As things stand though the factories are supplying jobs to those who need jobs. If the jobs weren't required the people wouldn't be doing them.

Is the situation good? No. However, this is an issue for the Chinese Government. You introduce law's, factories follow laws, working conditions improve.

It would be bad business for Apple to narrow its margins in such a competitive market to provide better working conditions than the majority of other shithole factories in China.