modern slavery, capitalism--, child labor, sexual misconduct@alina
Apple used uyghur forced labor camps for assembly of their devices
Dell was part of the Congo cobalt child labor lawsuit alongside Apple
HPs ex-ceo has been ousted for sexual misconduct, they weaponize printers to die on you so that you have to turn perfectly working hardware into landfill decor
ASUS ran a warranty fraud operation caught by Gamers Nexus in 2024, where it invented out of warranty damage claims on devices brought in for valid warranty repairs
LG was also part of the forced uyghur labor camp thing because they used that for laptop assembly. Also they got criminally convicted for cartel operation
Acer is ALSO part of the uyghur forced labor camp thing and also they stored credit card data unencrypted which then inevitably got stolen
re: modern slavery, capitalism--, child labor, sexual misconduct@star@alina competition in liberal capitalism feels like prisoners dilemma and a race to the bottom pf standards and morale. whoever abuses more (and gets away with it) wins. be a monopoly and you can leech infinitely
re: modern slavery, capitalism--, child labor, sexual misconduct@fries@alina well you also cannot buy asus laptops in germany so they are off the table anyway
re: modern slavery, capitalism--, child labor, sexual misconduct@star@alina@fries you can! mediamarkt has a couple nice zenbooks!! they (asus) appear to be only moderately "evil" i guess and are also taiwanese ^^