So, When Will You Begin Your Boycott of Apple Products?

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57367030-64/wont-buy-apple-products-anymore-then-dont-stop-there/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-5...subj=News-Apple</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple's outrageous success has a dark side. But does that mean it's time to stop buying Apple products?"</em></p><p><img height="319" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1303417243.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" width="500" /></p><p>Lots of press lately about the working conditions in China, with the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">New York Times article</a>&nbsp;the latest summation of the problems. But talks of boycotting, or even the few that will boycott won't fix the problem. The fix is going to be when Apple puts enough pressure on their suppliers. I'm with the author, and he makes a valid point. So if you do choose to boycott you better be ready to boycott a lot of different types of products, because Apple is not the only company that has suppliers with less than stellar working conditions. They are just the latest company to get hit with the bad press.&nbsp;</p>

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Apple always has had a more progressive slant, haven't they? If there's a company that can make a breakthrough in worker conditions, it probably is them, barring stockholder concerns.

[Jerry Raia]

Is Apple really the "problem"??

http://tal.gs/zleNy5

Things like the above suggest otherwise.

[Macguy59]

Not any time soon

[Sven Johannsen]

So if you do choose to boycott you better be ready to boycott a lot of different types of products, because Apple is not the only company that has suppliers with less than stellar working conditions.

And why stop at tech. Might as well start being criticle about the food you eat and the clothes you wear. Even conditions in this country aren't stellar in many of those industries. It's an economic reality though, people shop based on cost, cost is reduced by reduced pay and working conditions, Those in turn reduce purchasing power for the employees, making them more cost conscious.