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Originally Posted by volt View Post
As to the other questions raised here:
- Human rights violations: as far as I know, the brand products are made in the same environment, sometimes even the same factories.
and that illustrates my main concern.
many companies (nokia included) already put profit above the well-being of their workers and manufacture in china. everyone who wants to compete globally is basically forced to move their manufacturing sites and exploit workers.

and it's only going to get worse.

the only chance i see of stopping this trend is when sometime in the future, "cheap" labourers in developing countries stand up and demand similar rights to the ones in developed countries. though that might take some time, and it might well be too late (as in: the developed countries already lowered their standards) by then.