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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I get what you're saying but not sure I agree.
More and more companies are being held accountable for their supply chain. They know the material and the background of the material that goes into their product. (They also know that they are being assembled by children in sweatshops, in some cases.) Every major company in the western world has a supplier pre-qualification process. The best one's include criteria for sustainable practices. This isn't new or radical. This is clearly a case of trying to squeeze out every penny of profit, primarily driven by large equity firms shareholders who demand more profit every year and every quarter. It's an unsustainable practice governed by blind, endless greed.
I'll echo the sentiment that I would gladly pay more money for a more ethical smart phone.
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I'm not sure vexatious litigation that is more likely to be a stunt to promote donations to the 'cause' than a legitimate effort at helping the kids in the Congo really counts as "holding companies accountable", myself. Certainly you want to pressure these companies, but this isn't a method that's going to be viewed as serious.
Also, as far as being willing to pay more for a more ethical smart phone, here's the key question: how much more? Because we're not talking about raising the price by a few dollars. We're talking about a few hundred dollars. Or more. And if we're being honest with ourselves, if Samsung and Apple felt they could get away with asking $4-500 more for a phone, they'd already be doing it, with or without any justification of ethics.