Reporters' Roundtable: NY Times responds to Apple memo

[SkelletorMartinez]

It's amazing how ignorant are all this Apple Fanboys are. I work at Foxconn Texas and we always talk about the harsh working conditions and the suicide rate over at Foxconn China. it's ridiculous for someone to die for my ipod...

[masskilla469]

Why does apple have these jobs out of the united states?

Could it possibly be because they can get away with these practices?

[MrAppleman97]

Can't trust the government man

[xXHotdemonseXx]

All of these comments are from Iphone users. Ignorant communist assholes whose head is so far up their two points of contact.

[2001Arion]

wat part of Canada u in?

[msparis275]

Yes they should be ashamed that's just horrible...how would you like for someone to work you to the bone like that and for no pay....

[54321thedeathbed]

FYI, this is from the adnroid blog on cnet...

[msparis275]

Apple should be ashamed!

[54321thedeathbed]

@msparis275 hp, asus, acer,htc, dell and many more have working conditions much worse and they have admited it. what did they do to correct it? nothing at least apple is working on. no, apple should not be ashamed

[INFAMOUSeddie707]

@msparis275 yes because android OEMs dont have contracts with FOXCONN huh....truth is EVERYONE is outsourcing their product nowadays

[code933k]

Given the number of dislikes one can conclude how stupid is some people [...]

[SpigaloProductions]

Maybe Apple should spend some of cash mountain on its exploited Chinese workers. Cooks memo doesn't help it's current image, being defensive and a bit inflammatory towards journalists is not a good start for the new CEO. If he can't resolve the issue I hope he steps down or else those clean white iPhones are going to look dirty.

[WhatHavU]

Apple is for girls...

[BreakPics]

apple = evil, satan, death

[PromotingTheBeat]

You want low prices? the companies have to hire low priced workers.

You want products to be made in America? Then be ready to pay 1,000+ dollars for a iPod,phone,etc.

[brooks718]

@PromotingTheBeat .... i hear you but apple products aren't even competitive with other chinese produced notebooks. in fact given that apple's notebooks have the same basic design (either Air, Macbook, or Pro) then economies of scale kinda dictates at minimum apple should have competitive pricing .... but the similarly spec'd PC notebook beats Macs in pricing by hundreds. so if I'm not going to get a cheaper notebook then you should bring those jobs back stateside.

[nsyrenne]

critics never made anything useful fuck em', go apple

[brooks718]

@nsyrenne .... do you find it hard to talk with Jobs rotting sac in your mouth? (from PC user who owns apple stock).

[nsyrenne]

@brooks718 from the Apple user who invented and still owns your stock

[PTNLemay]

Often the people at the top don't even realize all the problems that can run down the hierarchy. Even the big bosses are only human and they can't be everywhere at once, can't always see the whole picture. I think that there probably were violations in the plants, but I also believe Cook and Co. will probably work now to fix any problems there were.

Especially seeing how many billion in savings they have to spare... They can afford to totally renovate a few of those factories, lol.

[158tintin]

You call that Poor?? Come to India!!!

[Cepera540]

Ppl cry about no jobs yet they have a full house full of crap from china. irony... But sad part is that Chinese living in the US are all about apple knowing their own ppl are dying to make those products.

[khunopie]

im flushing my fucking iphone down the toilet

[collin30000]

Wooooooo iPad support

[amjid300]

They're not specifically Apple employees. Why is no one asking IBM or the other tech company's who use Foxconn about what they're doing to address worker conditions.

That being said Apple does have a responsibility towards them and I believe is doing their best.

95% of all the tech we get in the west is made in that region so has anyone inspected all those factories too?

[jonoascale]

Apple cares about its employees...LOL JK they just care about money

[Cepera540]

@jonoascale business: want to succeed? think about your self and your profit. F*ck everybody else. Best thing they'll do is to make it look like they are doing something about poor working conditions.

[jonoascale]

@Cepera540 Exactly. This has been going on for years but now that it has been reported on now they are doing something about it...though they are just saying that and when this dies down nothing will have changed.

[Joshyouah20]

@eROCKSh How about you leave an actual comment rather than just saying you're first. No one cares if you're first or fourth or tenth. Grow up.

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[fbiseyal]

Yay its not 40 min long

[eROCKSh]

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