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All Apple had to do to ... was to have their own factory in China

Like that is easy.

Companies use organizations like FoxConn for a reason: cost is one of them.

Expertise is another. Apple is good at what they do. Being able to make the stuff they design requires a whole 'nother corporate skill set.

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Corporate greed is always about blind outsourcing. You get the savings and you don't care how you get them. I have no doubt that Apple is capable of manufacturing their own devices. They chose not to. If workers were getting treated like crap, Apple is to blame. period.

I'm not saying don't make stuff in China, I'm saying we can be good employers in China and set a standard by treating employees like we would expect NA employees to be treated, with respect and dignity.

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