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In reply to the discussion: Apple comes out and says it [View all]emulatorloo
(44,119 posts)7. Not just US. Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
Major clients
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)[24]
In 2011, Amazon and Foxconn formed a joint-design manufacturing company. The move was meant to produce an Amazon branded smartphone sometime in 2012.[25]
Apple Inc. (United States)[26]
ASRock (Taiwan)
Asus (Taiwan)
Barnes & Noble (United States)
Cisco (United States)
Dell (United States)
EVGA Corporation (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[27]
Intel (United States)
IBM (United States)
Lenovo (China)
Logitech (Switzerland)
Microsoft (United States)
MSI (Taiwan)
Motorola (United States)
Netgear (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)
Nokia (Finland)[26]
Panasonic (Japan)
Philips (Netherlands)
Sharp (Japan)
Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden)[28]
Toshiba (Japan)
Vizio (United States)
Major clients
Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)[24]
In 2011, Amazon and Foxconn formed a joint-design manufacturing company. The move was meant to produce an Amazon branded smartphone sometime in 2012.[25]
Apple Inc. (United States)[26]
ASRock (Taiwan)
Asus (Taiwan)
Barnes & Noble (United States)
Cisco (United States)
Dell (United States)
EVGA Corporation (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[27]
Intel (United States)
IBM (United States)
Lenovo (China)
Logitech (Switzerland)
Microsoft (United States)
MSI (Taiwan)
Motorola (United States)
Netgear (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)
Nokia (Finland)[26]
Panasonic (Japan)
Philips (Netherlands)
Sharp (Japan)
Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden)[28]
Toshiba (Japan)
Vizio (United States)
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FOXCONN also manufactures amazon kindle, playstation3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii.
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#4
I have seen others, but fewer. Thanks for helping keep all these slave-masters in the light.
Scuba
Jan 2012
#30
Good point. Some times the best poster boy is the "untainted" "hip" company everyone loves
Leopolds Ghost
Jan 2012
#56
The reason there is not so much outrage about the other corporations doing the same thing
Muskypundit
Jan 2012
#24
And only Apple has massive profit margins that our generation pays without question.
tridim
Jan 2012
#35
So Samsung, Amazon, Dell get a free pass because somebody told you they liked their iPod?
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#73
I don't recall entire websites dedicated to HP, with fans running around the internet...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#47
I'm not here to "justify" Apple. I am here to learn how DU'ers "justify" denying the larger issue
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#71
DU is fundamentally dishonest on this issue. Where are the Samsung threads?
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#10
Brent, your speciality is putting words in other people's mouths and creating Strawman
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#68
The situtation is very complex. However, complacency will not resolve the situation.
think
Jan 2012
#22
Tariffs?!! NOOooo!!! The free market is our only true path to prosperity!!
RufusTFirefly
Jan 2012
#33
If your business model relies on slave labor you should not be in business n/t
me b zola
Jan 2012
#53
When one corporation is allowed to use slave labor, and use labor controls that are crimes,
fasttense
Jan 2012
#54
Only labor tariffs can solve this issue. And only a country ruled by middle/working class can do so!
Leopolds Ghost
Jan 2012
#57
Apple executives say that using Slaves, at this point, is their only option
thelordofhell
Jan 2012
#61