{"id":441,"date":"2009-07-28T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=441"},"modified":"2009-07-28T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:30:49","slug":"my-opinion-on-apple-fox-employee-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/my-opinion-on-apple-fox-employee-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 My Opinion on Apple, Foxconn &#038; Employee Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14902,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/tag\\\/foxconn&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231120072755\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/tag\\\/foxconn&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 06:43:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 16:50:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:16:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14903,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.appleinsider.com\\\/articles\\\/09\\\/07\\\/21\\\/worker_commits_suicide_after_iphone_prototype_goes_missing_reports.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250126080259\\\/https:\\\/\\\/appleinsider.com\\\/articles\\\/09\\\/07\\\/21\\\/worker_commits_suicide_after_iphone_prototype_goes_missing_reports.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 06:43:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 16:50:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:16:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14904,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/5321276\\\/perspective-on-the-iphone-suicide-guy-died-over-a-fing-phone&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160828072840\\\/http:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/5321276\\\/perspective-on-the-iphone-suicide-guy-died-over-a-fing-phone&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 06:43:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 16:50:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:16:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:45:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:45:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14905,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/theappleblog.com\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/28\\\/china-gets-the-iphone-officially&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100202125400\\\/http:\\\/\\\/theappleblog.com\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/28\\\/china-gets-the-iphone-officially\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 06:43:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 16:50:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:16:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14906,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.appleinsider.com\\\/articles\\\/09\\\/07\\\/28\\\/report_hon_hai_to_build_apple_tablets_as_soon_as_september.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250417183731\\\/https:\\\/\\\/appleinsider.com\\\/articles\\\/09\\\/07\\\/28\\\/report_hon_hai_to_build_apple_tablets_as_soon_as_september.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 06:43:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-14 16:50:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:16:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 19:44:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been reading the stories lately that discuss the recent suicide of a Chinese Foxconn employee after he was supposedly tortured and given a lot of hell of &#8220;misplacing&#8221; an iPhone prototype. You can read the entire story in multiple posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/foxconn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gizmodo<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/09\/07\/21\/worker_commits_suicide_after_iphone_prototype_goes_missing_reports.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AppleInsider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the death of an employee is saddening and an eye-opening incident, I&#8217;d like to share something with you. First of all, Gizmodo seems to be the only blog that pulled the, &#8220;we only have ourselves to blame&#8221; card and I wholeheartedly agree. I encourage you to read <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5321276\/perspective-on-the-iphone-suicide-guy-died-over-a-fing-phone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their post on the matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So this all makes sense. The secrecy of Apple and our demand for leaks, secrets, photos and info on ever upcoming Apple device is fuel that caused Foxxconn to go overboard when this phone went missing. Yes, it&#8217;s just a phone.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, what do I see today when I launch my RSS reader. Two stories caught my eye.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2009\/07\/28\/china-gets-the-iphone-officially\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Gets the iPhone\u2026Officially<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com\/articles\/09\/07\/28\/report_hon_hai_to_build_apple_tablets_as_soon_as_september.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report: Hon Hai to build Apple tablets as soon as September<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first post is talking about China finally getting an official carrier for Apple&#8217;s iPhone and the story ends with, &#8220;Apple\u2019s global smartphone market share is about to get a lot bigger.&#8221; The second post is a report from AppleInsider that pieces clues together (mostly rumors)  and they find that Chinese manufacturer Hon Hai will be getting the contract to build Apple&#8217;s upcoming tablet computer (which I&#8217;m very tired of hearing about).<\/p>\n<p>What did I take from this observation? That Foxconn has quite a contract on their hands building iPhones for Apple and the shroud of secrecy Apple basically demands caused them to go to far, abuse and possibly torture a factory worker which resulted in his suicide. I doubt this was the first death related to Apple&#8217;s demands in the manufacturing of their products and is only the first death that became publicized. Of course, less than a week later, we have a post about how awesome it will be for China to get the iPhone and a rumor that Hon Hai is building the next tablet. I&#8217;m sure Hon Hai can&#8217;t wait to hire minimum wage workers, cram them in a factory and threaten them with abuse and garnished wages if they leak information just so the rest of the world can buy a $1200 shiny Apple tablet computer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a sick world we live in and we&#8217;re to blame for the death of this person. Trust me when I say that this won&#8217;t be the last underpaid human being who makes electronics, clothes and comforts that we Americans take for granted. I&#8217;m not saying &#8220;buy American&#8221;. I&#8217;m only saying that we should demand the companies we buy from to enforce labor laws and treat their employees with respect that we demand here in The US. If my Logitech Mouse cost $1.50 more because an employee is being treated well, then so be it but I consciously can&#8217;t enjoy my computer, iPhone or Taiwanese made bicyle knowing that someone probably suffered to build it for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve been reading the stories lately that discuss the recent suicide of a Chinese Foxconn employee after he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-77","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2280,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/gizmodo-quotes-steve-jobs-on-privacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Gizmodo Quotes Steve Jobs on Privacy&#8230;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gizmodo: In this video spliced together by\u00a0AllThingsD, you'll see Steve Jobs and Andy Rubin talk about location privacy and their platform's philosophy on privacy. It's\u00a0veryinteresting to look back on these interviews given what has happened given\u00a0the iSpy conspiracy. These days, Gizmodo doesn't even try to stay in Apple's good graces.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2802,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/26\/my-frustration-with-attribution-and-fanboys\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 My Frustration with Attribution and Fanboys","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On Saturday, I tweeted a link to Apple's new iPad advertisement. I linked to the YouTube Page where Apple itself posted that ad. I did this while everyone I follow was linking to Macrumors.com and other Apple News Sites where they simply embed the ad. I understand the argument of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":913,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2010\/07\/30\/why-i-no-longer-read-gawker-blogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 Why I No Longer Read Gawker Blogs [Updated]","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Before you read this post, please note the comment below from Brian Lam who is the Editorial Director for Gizmodo. He writes: http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5489744\/hey-you-rss-readers That's it. that's all he wrote. That post is a link to an article on Gizmodo w\/ a link to their full RSS feed which is: http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/vip.xml.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6574,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/22\/linked-apple-will-charge-you-70-if-you-lose-an-airpod\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Apple Will Charge You $70 If You Lose an AirPod&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo: by Christina Warren who was at Mashable and is quite talented and to my mind, a good win for Gizmodo that she\u2019s on their team now. AirPods come with a standard one-year warranty which will cover a defective battery\u2014but not normal wear and tear. Apple will charge $50\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2231,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/18\/apple-television-rumors-shut-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Apple Television Rumors &#8211; Shut Up.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gizmodo: Financially speaking, Apple could produce an above-average panel, sell it at a loss, and make it up in content revenue. Apple would never do that. Shut up. \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6842,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/24\/rants-the-gizmodo-rss-feed-is-broken-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":441,"position":5},"title":"Rants: The Gizmodo RSS Feed is broken&#8230;again","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2010, I posted to this blog that I was going to stop reading Gizmodo because their RSS feed went to excerpts only. It\u2019s a way for publishers to monetize readers who use RSS feeds. Basically, you\u2019re given an excerpt of the article with a read-more link to see the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gizmodo RSS Feed Issues","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4156\/34084748502_1573e3132d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4156\/34084748502_1573e3132d_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4156\/34084748502_1573e3132d_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}