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It all started with media suddenly covering the happy-sad life of Foxconn employees, immediately after the (very) successful launch of iPad 1; I say “happy-sad” because all Chinese teens hope to work there, but once they get the job, they see no way out of Foxconn.
Later, after NYT posted the dark sequel on Foxconn, Apple became the “world’s child abuser” for it accepted the “cruelties” within its own production chain. Finally now everybody not owning an iPhone or a Mac felt they have some sort of reason pointing the gun at Apple: even it may be legal from Chinese law perspective, it is totally against human rights to underpay kids work over-hours for Apple’s profit. They say.
Hypocrites.
Do you think the mouse you’re using as we speak, or the chair you’re sitting in, or the sneakers you’re wearing right now are made by anybody else but Chinese children working over-hours for somebody’s profit, for so many years?
Do you think China ever had different work conditions than these? Do you think $300 plus food and home for a young Chinese worker was ever less than “a very good reason to kill for”? Do you think these “blood-red” products are a minority?
Everything China produces is blood-red; it ever was. And China produces everything.
Let’s not forget who is building what.
Kindle bookmark:
iBooks bookmark:
Ever heard of “don’t bend the pages, use a bookmark!” in your childhood?
There were at least 3 “anonymous sources” unveiling the exact core concepts of Apple’s educational project, long before its date.
This worries me a lot, much more than all Apple’s-textbooks-are-walled-gardened mumbo-jumbo.
“If there’s one major downside to the iTunes U app, it’s that it’s most definitely exclusionary; students need an iPad, iPod touch or iPhone to take full advantage.” says Darrell Etherington at GigaOM.
Ways to feel bitter about Apple…
In China. Big time! 
Warren Ellis (via Daring Fireball) on Amazon customer support:
“Isn’t it strange, to be so shocked by actual efficient, friendly and delightful customer service? To have a global electronics company say, “well, hell, we’re sorry about this, how about we sort this out quickly and cheaply for you instead of humping you right in the eyesockets and stealing your wallet?” “
Copying good strategies and tactics is the next best thing that can happen in a market (second to inventing them); mimicking products and features, as Samsung and Google do – is subhuman. Don’t give me the “this is business” crap; a circus chimp is also making money by mimicking people, that doesn’t turn it into a human.
John Biggs on Samsung being the next Apple:
“Then consider Samsung’s lead in cellphone sales. While many would argue that Samsung specializes in meh and me-too, 60 million cellphones sold in 2011 can’t be a fluke. This isn’t about Android or iOS or Windows Phone – it’s about Samsung making and selling millions of phones to millions of people. Samsung is mercenary. They’re happy to use anyone’s OS as long as it puts phones into boxes and boxes into shopping bags.
So you have two superlatives: biggest phone manufacturer and biggest TV manufacturer. Add in some tablets, some washing machines, and some acceptable software and you have a real and vibrant ecosystem. The next year will bring plenty of efforts to bring streaming media into the home, but the guy who is already there will win.”
Federico Viticci against Biggs argument:
“John Biggs surely has been to CES more times than I have (actually, I never have) and he knows this industry, but he’s plain wrong.“
“Biggs being wrong” is only a byproduct of “Biggs trying to sell Samsung & Android to Wall Street”. His main objective is not having a point based on facts, but gathering arguments for people to invest any kind of resources into these two brands (Samsung and Android). He’s just a drummer.
On “Samsung selling two TVs a second” – I’ve seen this before, it’s called “Nokia”. Not an argument anymore.
