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[spiderplanet]

Four reasons not to buy an iPhone5, with thanks to nullset and revdj, and for the first two article links.

1. Gruesomely unreasonable labor practices.

According to Chinese media sources, several vocational schools in the city of Huai’an in eastern China required hundreds of students to work on assembly lines at a Foxconn plant to manufacture cables for the iPhone5. Their teachers told them they would not graduate unless they worked for Foxconn, since “Foxconn does not have enough workers without the students.”
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In 2010 and 2011 nearly 100,000 “student interns” between 16 and 18 years old supplied to Foxconn by vocational schools were required to work for Foxconn regardless of their major field of study. They were assigned to work at various mind-numbing repetitive tasks by computer (to break up groups of schoolmates). Although they receive a minimum wage (and no benefits at all since they are not covered by labor law), the student interns actually paid for the privilege of being exploited by paying school tuition and exorbitant placement fees.

Source - Apple Launces iPhone5 with forced student labor


2. Apple has spent resources on developing the option to be able to disable their phone's functionality remotely.

Apple, Inc., was recently granted a patent enabling the company to wirelessly disable the camera function on specific iPhones in certain locations, “sparking fears that such techniques could be used to prevent citizens from communicating with each other or taking video during protests or events such as political conventions and gatherings,” PrisonPlanet.com reported.

Source - Apple granted patent to disable iPhone recordings near government buildings or political events.


3. STEVE JOBS WAS AN ENORMOUS DOUCHEBAG.
He drove a car without license plates to avoid speeding and parking tickets, and so that he could park in disability parking spaces.

...Jobs became aware of a loophole in California law whereby the owner of a brand new car had up to 6 months to get a license plate.

So Jobs decided to strike a deal with his leasing company. The story goes that Jobs, every 6 months, would exchange his silver Mercedes SL55 AMG for the same exact model. “At no time,” the report notes, “would he ever be in a car as old as six months; and thus there was no legal requirement to have the number plates fitted.”

Source - The story behind Steve Jobs’ Mercedez Benz and its missing license plate


4. It's a stupid fucking waste of money that will only make you look like a pretentious asshole.

(No source necessary)