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    15 hours ago

    Should lead to increased apple profits, maybe? Actually don’t know. Foxconn slave camps are very cheap, even with the nets installed to catch the suiciding child workers.

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      7 hours ago

      The nets aren’t to save the ones jumping but to keep them from smashing anyone else when they hit. Sad but true: sometimes suicides from a great height strike and kill someone else walking by.

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        8 hours ago

        China isn’t the dependable partner it used to be. Basing your entire supply chain in China introduces too much risk. Apple has been sourcing production to other countries for a while.