Apple goes to war with the BBC
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Apple goes to war with the BBC
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Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#2>Williams countered that Apple has tracked the weekly hours of over one million workers within its supply chain, and that its suppliers have achieved an average of 93 per cent compliance with the 60-hour workweek limit this year.
60 hour workweeks... plus "93% compliance" is not exactly reassuring.
Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaTl2kW6YU
The full documentary by BBC.
Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#4>Williams countered that Apple has tracked the weekly hours of over one million workers within its supply chain, and that its suppliers have achieved an average of 93 per cent compliance with the 60-hour workweek limit this year. 60 hour workweeks... plus "93% compliance" is not exactly reassuring.
> In an email to around 5,000 staff across the UK, Apple senior vice president of operations Jeff Williams said both himself and the chief executive were "deeply offended by the suggestion that Apple would break a promise to the workers in our supply chain or mislead our customers in any way".
Well, that makes 7% being lied to. Did I understand this correctly?
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#5I would love to see if they could find a multinational company WITHOUT issues like this in their supply chain - I imagine none exist.
(I still support "exposé" programs like this since people need to be reminded what the actual cost of their toys are - but they should cast a broader net)
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#6The problem with Apple criticism is a lot of it seems full of cheap shots and unfair framing, like this Panorama report.
That makes it more difficult to tell when a criticism of Apple is genuine, because every idiot journalist looking for a controversial story can write a story about something Apple is doing not well enough and get away with it, since everyone seems to love to hate on Apple.
So if Apple really is up to no good in some area of their business, we won't have a clue, because it's drowned out in tripe like this.
Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#7>Williams countered that Apple has tracked the weekly hours of over one million workers within its supply chain, and that its suppliers have achieved an average of 93 per cent compliance with the 60-hour workweek limit this year. 60 hour workweeks... plus "93% compliance" is not exactly reassuring.
It would be nice to compare those numbers to that of other companies or organizations.
But even if you stay strictly with US companies, is it possible to find the compliance rate for Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Red Hat, etc., much less the various game studios known for overworking their employees?
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#8The problem with Apple criticism is a lot of it seems full of cheap shots and unfair framing, like this Panorama report. That makes it more difficult to tell when a criticism of Apple is genuine, because every idiot journalist looking for a controversial story can write a story about something Apple is doing not well enough and get away with it, since everyone seems to love to hate on Apple. So if Apple really is up…
I am by no means an Apple fan anymore, but I feel the exact same way.
Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#9The problem with Apple criticism is a lot of it seems full of cheap shots and unfair framing, like this Panorama report. That makes it more difficult to tell when a criticism of Apple is genuine, because every idiot journalist looking for a controversial story can write a story about something Apple is doing not well enough and get away with it, since everyone seems to love to hate on Apple. So if Apple really is up…
Reminds me a little of how people somehow don't believe McDonalds when they reveal their food sources. Because people love to hate on them, McDs and Apple have higher standards than their competitors.
Re: Apple goes to war with the BBC
#10I wouldn't quite call that war, more a disgruntled sigh.