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Employees at some Chinese ministries must stop using iPhones before the end of September.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

“Made in China”

Looks like Apple will soon go shopping for a new sweatshop

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

They’ve already been in India for a while, they’ll just expand there while looking for another one as a backup.

[–] TopCoffee@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. They’ve been using their cash and Cook’s supply chain skills to crush competition and secure sweatshops wherever cheap labor can be found. It’s been going on for years. I think they have seen the tensions building in China and Taiwan and have been making mostly subtle changes for years. Covid was an excuse to ramp that up.

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