lkrupp said:

GeorgeBMac said:

So why would any company who cares about human rights operate in India?

....  Oh yeh, sales and profit.

In other news, India's Modi has frozen the financial accounts of Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity because India's far right Hindu's don't like that they provide food, shelter, hospice care and education to India's countless destitute and homeless adults and children.  They claim the Sisters are converting them to Christianity -- even though Mother Teresa had always been 100% clear that they are religious agnostics:  they don't care what religion you are (if any) if you are an abandoned child, homeless & destitute or dying alone and that they only teach Christianity to those who are interested and request the teaching.

The result is that Modi and his far right Hindu's are blocking the Sisters from providing much needed food, shelter, hospice care and education to India's destitute and abandoned children.

So George, what’s it like obsessing over all the injustice in the Western capitalism world knowing full well you can do absolutely nothing about it. Does ranting and raving about Western capitalism make you feel better. Do you sit down for a cup of hot cocoa after your rants, thinking you changed any minds? Just asking.

And by the way, Foxconn workers are NOT Apple employees no matter what your convoluted thinking tells you.

It's not ranting & raving. Were it not for awareness and change campaigns, nothing would ever get better. See women's suffrage, civil rights movement, etc etc. Countless examples. 

Inversely, bootlicking gets us nowhere as a society. Whether that's bootlicking the police, or the status quo.

Foxconn workers are not Apple employees, but as they run many dedicated facilities Apple is a stakeholder and even Apple knows that, which is why they govern their suppliers to ensure labor practices compliance. "How and who" is as important as the "what" -- Apple's own words:

https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/

The 2021 report:

https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2021_Progress_Report.pdf


...she doesn't look like an Apple employee, right? Right, because she isn't. But as a supplier contractor working for Apple, they still audit and ensure labor practices are followed, because they aren't as laissez faire as you are. Rightfully so.

michelb76 said:

>As long as AirPods or AirPods Pro are in a charging case and connected to an iOS device, the firmware will install by itself.

How long do you need the case opened for? If you close it it disconnects of course.

You don't need to keep it open. The best approach is not to try to manage it. It will update and then life may continue. 

waveparticle said:

tmay said:

waveparticle said:

tmay said:

Waiting for "The Chinese Media", aka bot farms, to downplay the following as well, "clearly driven by the political correctness of Sinophobia";

https://uyghurtribunal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UT-judgment-version-for-approval-by-GN-07.25-2.pdf

H.R.6210 - Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6210

It is amazing US Congress can pass an act without listing any verifiable evidence. This is democracy!

https://uyghurtribunal.com/news/witness-after-witness-hundreds-reveal-the-atrocities-of-chinas-concentration-camps/

Of course, it would be easier to verify if the PRC was an open society...

So it is not verified yet. How could US Congress pass an Act that is not verified yet? 

The UN has said they have credible reports:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-says-it-has-credible-reports-that-china-holds-million-uighurs-in-secret-camps-idUSKBN1KV1SU

Confirming what an ex-guard who escaped said:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/04/china/xinjiang-detective-torture-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

And number other reports:

Genocide finding:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/asia/china-uyghurs-xinjiang-genocide-report-intl-hnk/index.html

Organ harvesting:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646 

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-harvesting-organs-of-uighur-muslims-china-tribunal-tells-un-2019-9 

Camps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/u-n-says-it-has-credible-reports-that-china-holds-million-uighurs-in-secret-camps-idUSKBN1KV1SU

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50511063 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/features/uighurs/ 

...there's so much smoke here it's not even a question of whether there's fire. China has an abysmal human rights record and if anything is only getting worse. The army of astroturfers tasked with muddying the waters will not make this go away.

dewme said:

So it comes down to what you’d do in a similar position. I don’t know for certain what I would do, but I do know that I wouldn’t go on a public campaign to shame the company for not living up to my personal concerns. Every company has public messaging that is aspirational, like claiming to be a “great place to work.” You know what, some of those companies turn out to be very shitty places to work. If that bothers you, hit the road and don’t look back. Or you can press the issue and get fired. But again, making a big public stink about it isn’t going to move the needle either way, and certainly not in your favor. Like is too short. Time to move on.

LOL. Imagine if the pioneers of the civil rights movement, or women's suffrage -- or prohibition! -- had a similar attitude: "Oh well, what can we do?" Nah. Make a public stink if you think it's something that matters to you. Maybe it will move the needle some. Maybe it will help down the line. Who knows. But giving up won't do anything, that's for certain.

My state has their own app for this, accepted by law enforcement and all states alcohol outlets. The only problem is it doesn't use the iOS Wallet so you have to unlock the device and hold it out for the LEO to take a photo/scan of it on their own device (they are trained that it's a "hands off" policy and aren't supposed to ask for possession of it, which was true in the one time I got to try it when pulled over, but who knows how good about it they are). So I welcome one that uses the Wallet which can be accessed while the device remains locked.