Apple comes out and says it

[joshcryer]

70. Nah, more that Apple is the largest "feel good" consumer of Foxconn.

The other companies downplay if not outright slither through the cracks as far as consumerism is concerned. There are no major ad campaigns for ASRock motherboards for instance.

I don't hate Apple, I hate all electronics manufactures, if you can call it "hate," in any event.

No one who uses Foxconn is blameless, the question is more about whether Apple is using bullshit justifications to advocate Foxconn business. And they're clearly doing it and have been doing it. Other companies, of course, could be expected to do the same.

But other companies don't have the same fanbase, that constantly tries to "justify" their exploitive behavior.

You can feel free to "justify" it, or even dismiss it, but that doesn't change the fact that the exploitive behavior exists. It just means, when informed of it, you're more likely to overlook it because it benefits you more.