January 26, 2012
We’re trying really hard to make things better. But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.

FORMER APPLE EXECUTIVE, quoted in this Times story examining work conditions inside a plant in Chengdu, China, where Apple products are made.

I guess it’s true for most things.  But, relatively speaking, most things don’t cost as much as Apple’s products do.

(via inothernews)

Is that because they’re simply cheaper products, or because conditions are worse?

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