But to address your above statement..........for the prices Apple charges, YES, people do have room to complain IMO. If you are paying double (in some cases) the price, it (one would think) should be going to labor costs as well. *shrugs* Just an observation........
soo it's all good as long as your product is less expensive thanks to it? IMO if you are going to complain about human welfare, it shouldn't matter what the product is or what it costs. It doesn't become any better for the workers that they are making a $500 IPAD or a $200 like product.
I think apple products are MORE than worth the expense. The everywhere apple stores, apple geniuses, the hand-on customer service all that provides and entails is IMO is one of many perfectly logical reasons their products cost what they do.
I buy clothes that are fair wage or made in America, I research products before I buy them. My parents are from haiti and both are human rights activists, one of whom runs her own charity and women's shelter.. and apple gets A LOT of hate for what it does but honestly, if you are buying an electronic these days, there aren't any "safe options" or "fair wage" options (at least none that worked for us). So I really don't see why apple takes all the flack.
I would love it if apple had better working conditions. Don't get me wrong.
but the attitude of "Oh well since they are so expensive they SHOULDN'T do it but it's ok for X, Y and Z to do it because their products are cheaper" IMO, is totally ridiculous if you are preaching about human welfare.
Now, if you are preaching about what a product is "worth" or production cost vs. price.. then maybe, depending on how you determine price/value.
but I hate it when people make it about human welfare when what they are complaining about has little to do with factory conditions and much more to do with how much they think they should be paying for a product made under these conditions.