AotA 20: Age of Connectivity

"Is this Bonsai Buddy on Android?"


Welcome to episode 20 of Attack of the Androids! We strive each
and every week to be the best Android podcast we can be. It seems
like only yesterday we started this podcast, but nay it was
started back in September. So here we are, each week presenting
you what we feel is the most interesting and relevant news in
regards to Android. Before we get into the show notes for episode
20, I have something I'd like to discuss with you. I think more
people need to focus on the fact that it's near impossible to
purchase a mobile device that was manufactured here in America.
Don't get me wrong, the devices other countries make are great
depending on your level of standards, but when stories like this
one about Apple and the dire working conditions the people who
work for Foxconn deal with, as good moral human beings we have to
ask ourselves one question. Is it worth it? Granted things could
be, and used to be, far worse.


Let's take a look at the numbers. Between January and November
2010, 14 Foxconn employees killed themselves. 18 Foxconn
employees in all tried to. 20 Chinese universities created a
report describing the working conditions these humans deal with
day to day, basically comparing Foxconn to "Labor Camps." From
what I understand, a month or so after that about 150 Foxconn
employees threatened mass suicide because Foxconn refused to pay
them what they were promised. This is just a minute sliver of the
things human beings are dealing with all over the world just so
consumers can keep on consuming.


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