• Bondrewd@lemmy.world
        12·
        9 months ago

        Except instead of carrying sticks, you carry slave labour made Iphone while being 10x more aware of your environment. I guess its almost the same…

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
          71·
          9 months ago

          you carry slave labour made Iphone

          It’s funny, because we’re allowed to import the Hong Kong / India manufactured iPhones, but we’re forbidden from importing Chinese mainland manufactured Huawei phones or Dutch designed / Chinese manufactured Fair Phones. Nevermind the conditions under which the two kinds of phones are manufactured. Nevermind who primarily profits from their sale. Nevermind their quality or cost.

          You’re only permitted to purchase/use devices that benefit domestic market interests.

          • Bondrewd@lemmy.world
            3·
            9 months ago

            I think fairphone is more adamant on fair conditions even if it is manufactured in China. Dont they just not want to support US for now?

            You most likely can get a decent phone manufactured in decent conditions if you want and dont even need to overpay yourself as much. I have been eyeing Gigaset because it is made in Germany.

            Despite that, even most of the people here dont. Little peasant with “sticks” is a bit hypocritical when you have maximum awareness and an ability to start making order in your close proximity.

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
              21·
              9 months ago

              Dont they just not want to support US for now?

              More that US Carriers deliberately stick to non-global-standard frequencies in order to raise the cost of outside competition.

              You most likely can get a decent phone manufactured in decent conditions if you want

              If you can, I haven’t seen it. Modular phone development in the states has been dead for ages, thanks to the cartelization of domestic manufacturers. And US manufacturers have been exiting China in large part because they can get even lower labor prices in poorer nations across the South Pacific.

              Little peasant with “sticks” is a bit hypocritical

              Here’s the original comic

              • Bondrewd@lemmy.world
                1·
                9 months ago

                But you can use them with t-mobile based on a faq about fairphone 4 (most likely 5 as well). That makes sense since they are a german company and Im not sure they would make it that hard on themselves.

                See amazon.de. I switched delivery to US and both gigaset and fairphone can be ordered there. There is also teracube which is US based. Also there is Volla which is based on gigaset phones.

                Here’s the original comic

                The jury is still out on that :P.

    • jayWL@lemmy.ml
      1·
      9 months ago

      It’s annoying when it’s used as an excuse for mindless consumption, rather than a call to abolish capitalism

  • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
    50·
    9 months ago

    Geez, orangutan can’t catch a break. Their home got taken for plantation, their women got sold to prostitution, now their meat are used for cookies flavoring?

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    3714·
    9 months ago

    Yeah the enemy of “good” MUST be “perfect.” It’s just the only possible way to see the world that makes any sense. Anyone who deviates from this is just a garbage human. /s

  • phorq@lemmy.mlEspañol
    201·
    9 months ago

    Wait… Are oranges made by killing orangutans? How could I have been so blind!