Forced & underaged labor make your iPhone possible

[@rossmanngroup]

Find a complete mirror of my channel on odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a - All content on odysee is *ad free, identical copies of what you see here on KZbin.* I hope to see you there - alternate platforms don't gain steam unless people are incentivized to use them. I am leaving all the ads on the youtube videos, but none there.

[@themadmattster9647]

You’re a hero dude. Keep up the great work

[@kiwi8476]

Louis isn't posting content for the bank account. He posting content for the passion of what he is posting about and wants to make a statement. We need you Louis. Keep it up.

[@Charvo75]

This Odysee website has gotta thank content makers like Louis for bringing new viewers to the site. Content makers truly can make or break a site. I cannot even find the Odysee website using Google search. No results.

[@TAILSORANGEs]

2021

[@GGdevelopment]

Can we censor KZbin's department that censors honest creators?

[@LazerLord10]

24:07. This right here. I'm saving this as an argument for right to repair. "It is about freedom. You have the right to work on the products that you own. A manufacturer cannot bar you from working on it on the basis of qualification. No one has argued that brake pads shouldn't be available at an auto parts store because the general public might not know how to install them. We have not had this as a precedent and cannot set this as a precedent."

[@badnewsBH]

Exactly. It's not only an invalid argument, but it's directly anti-competition.

[@Steel0079]

You left out,"we cannot accept the premise of assholes". Funnily, swipe typing on gboard, try typing assholes, but it puts out apples.

[@FarmersAreCool]

@@HipHopBeatSource Think of the job boom that turning the internet off would create.

[@FarmersAreCool]

@ Turn it off every other week to keep a functioning flow of products/businesses/human relations done by Man's Hand, or wait until the elites collapse it and you are starving because you tied everything to an idol, then communist China style governmental authority is applied. As it is, these fed governments and their leaders need hung by their necks until they are dead for devaluing working wages by causing fear to enter the markets. The internet( a net is a trap for prey) and all these cell( a prisoners lives in a cell) phones are slavery. Fuck I'd ban smart phones if I had a say, everyone shooting radiation around for convenience as we all cook with cancer and the infrastructure all collapses

[@clickbaitpro]

@@Steel0079 apples lol

[@AC3handle]

"14 vs 18? getting into epstin territory here." Joke so good, it didn't kill itself.

[@vicktorpatriot1430]

That deserves two thumbs up from everyone.

[@DarrellVermilion]

@@vicktorpatriot1430 i noticed you senpai

[@lepkr6095]

It apparently killed the monetization, though

[@TheRyujinLP]

@Clinton Rausch But only if you do a backflip while the two camera's fail, the guard is asleep, and someone "accidental" deletes what footage remains yet now one can be bothered to try and recover it. So totally self hanging heh.

[@xgxfhzxfuhfjgfhgf]

timestamp?

[@ryang2573]

34:00 There's a saying in the military: blame goes uphill, shit rolls downhill. I guarantee you that if CEOs started facing complete asset forfeiture and prison time, they'd get a whole lot more involved with ensuring these sweat shops don't happen. The 'plausible deniability' line is bullshit. The entire reason all these companies go to the third world for their manufacturing is that they are cheaper. The reason that they are cheaper is because they don't have to follow our labor, safety, and environmental laws. There is no way people like Tim Cook do not know this. If they genuinely cared about such things, they'd use American labor because, unlike the third world, we have a robust network of laws, labor unions, and watch dog groups that make infractions unlikely to slip past the radar for very long.

[@UnarmedBastard]

Those people have too much money to throw away at attorneys, judges and politicians to ever face prison time for anything less than widely witnessed mass murder. But yeah, of course they know, anything to increase the bottom line.

[@charlespanache7047]

Too many people want to work minimum wage at some dead end mcdonalds job. Why they don't ever attempt to unionize proves my point. To quote the Eurythmics, "Some of us wanna get used by you"

[@vasili1207]

Maybe because it's normally there first job and don't know there rights... don't blame 1st time workers that's gas lighting at its best. Unions brought my country to a standstill in the 70s unions are garbage always gets infected by socialist

[@nilok7]

It would be nice to actually enforce tariffs on companies and products that use forced labor so they don't try and undercut companies actually following labor laws.

[@zonnodon163]

@@vasili1207 Troll

[@simonhill4021]

Here I was thinking Chris was a good employee up until that incident...

[@FullMetalPower7]

ya when he said 'bent her...' is was like , HOLD UP!!

[@chad5696]

If only he hadn’t done it on company property.

[@MNRAZORBACK]

Come on guys it's not like Chris Bent a motherboard, just bent his mother over a board

[@Simon-ph1nf]

6:30 Next day company meeting is going to be awkward. I thought he was going to put hypothetically at the beginning... but nope

[@FlameMage2]

Good news Chris you got 6 months to pound it consequence free!

[@xTheHypn0tic]

I literally started choking on my drink at 6:45. That escalated quickly...

[@NYCMIAH]

@Brainy Smurf LMFAOOOOO I love channel specific inside jokes 😂

[@miamijules2149]

🤣😅

[@Aphelia.]

same

[@joesterling4299]

I'm still chuckling, at 11:30. I have recovered my breath, though.

[@serpentax]

is this their marriage announcement?

[@DeathBringer769]

The cheapest labor possible, done in the worst way, and they still overcharge for their products, lol. Way to go, Apple.

[@edling767]

And you all still keep buying their products

[@Mario-kf3ej]

@@edling767 who buy ... I don't really nothing got apple logo in my home. Nothing at all. There are other options ... though probably done with slave labour aswell. But still better because at least not gonna pay HUGE $ for slave made electronics.

[@BlazeIOS]

Fwiw, 99% of smartphone brands enable this, not just Apple.

[@crash_test_dummy_1]

$$$

[@zonnodon163]

Death to Apple

[@One-Crazy-Cat]

Apple China now to generously offer “free” daycare for tots. Children learn many new arts and crafts like how put labels on device and how to install screens straight. Very good life skills learned from certified childcare professional! Haha. Also new fun bounce nets installed for best recreation time fun!

[@DurzoBlunts]

"Fun bounce nets" 😂 bahahaha

[@themadmattster9647]

whoa dude thats super dark...but hilariously on point

[@groot6830]

If they offer free daycare for tota who will do the work??

[@KOSAMAGAMES]

or can we talk about how almost everything we use is made in China without people questioning how any of those products are built? Tvs, keyboards, desks, shelves, cases? Like just grab something in your house and ask "do I know who made this?" or How they sourced their materials to assemble the product? But honestly to say its just Apple is laughable, Apple, Google, Amazon (their amazon basics), Target, Walmart, Dollar Tree? Where are all their products made and who made them? 🤷‍♂️ Like can we remind everyone that the CCP has made forced labor ok? that they lied about COVID? or are we going to let that just get swept under the rug? Or how our news sites accept money to spread Propaganda? Also once again not talking about the Chinese citizens but their communist government.

[@cuikai025]

@@KOSAMAGAMES apple is american company, the contractor who owns the factory in China is Foxconn, a Taiwanese company. If they are not happy with the slave labor, they should stop making these phones there. But It seems they are pretty happy with the arrangement so far.

[@alenasenie6928]

"They looked 18" that is funny in this context but it would be so horrible in another

[@enb3810]

I think that was the joke... He just made an epstein joke

[@emergenciest]

They're very mature for their age tho

[@kcychien]

Wistron, headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan. Pegasus, headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan. Slave labor not a surprise because feminism run without regulation nor examination there, forcing conscription and other slave labor conditions on men and child.

[@asdfasdf7199]

congratulations, you successfully identified the joke.

[@MNRAZORBACK]

I don't know, I would think we would hold the largest tech hardware manufacturer in the world to a higher standard than we hold Jared from Subway. IE the he looked 18 doesn't cut it

[@vincenthamel3420]

... That's an oddly specific and well-detailed example with your wife. Did Chris do anything... recently?

[@QargZer]

That is an extremely specific story.. and he keeps bringing it up.. seems like something may have occured

[@miamijules2149]

Did you get married Louis?

[@TheDeadfast]

The blood-stained towel behind him concerns me. Has anyone seen Chris recently?

[@debtminer4976]

@@QargZer Yes.. probably a few mouse clicks on ''certain websites'' prior to making this vid.

[@kbranchjr]

wow now Chris need to tell his side , and if it was me I would be in jail and he would be A.O.L AND D.O.A (187 for u old time ).

[@nbrown5907]

Had to watch this before it gets pulled.

[@Bassotronics]

I kinda get pissed and very curious when a KZbinr uploads a video, then I’m like “I’ll watch it later” and then it’s gone.

[@thetrollwhisperer]

That analogy was fairly specific

[@WanderTheNomad]

Let's say, hypothetically, my employee Chris banged my wife-

[@andreward8510]

Louis, you can always find a new wife, but there is only one Chris

[@paligga]

Data recovery bros before hos!

[@TKUA11]

@@paligga 🤣 based

[@tanish9381]

@@paligga rofl

[@lucash1980]

...oddly specific scenario regarding Chris banging on company property.

[@andreward8510]

@@lucash1980 I know what you mean, ideas like these do not originate in your brain out of nowhere

[@JoeDeutscher]

I used to be an apple fanboy, but your videos have really changed my opinion of them, and of the tech industry in general. Keep fighting the good fight!

[@neopabo]

This reminds me of something that happened at an old job; My employer, a customer service agency (lets call it company X) had a contract with a store for e-commerce (company Y). When a new manager came in for company X, company Y was uncertain that he would be able to do the job efficiently. To be able to secure his position, he promised to cut costs by 50% for company Y. Obviously, as you can expect, a lot of people in higher up positions were fired or quit over wage cuts, and our holiday overtime bonuses were delayed by months. The quality of the service fell drastically, so company Y asked to renegotiate the terms of the contract. They agreed they'd keep the contract if company X would commit to keeping the costs around 50%, while increasing the quality of the service... You can see where I'm going with this; essentially companies bully each other into cutting costs as an alternative to improving service quality- both companies want a balance of both, but at the end of the day if the service quality goes higher company X still won't pay company Y more money.

[@G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s]

Good for Chris and your wife for their newfound passion and hobbies.

[@abhishekm3752]

Referring to the towel on the couch, right😂

[@HakuThePockyEater]

I know exactly what Louis means. I worked as a cook in a tiny restaurant where the head chef had the owner by the balls. If the head chef left the restaurant would go to shits pretty quickly. I really feel like the head chef could’ve clapped the owners wife without getting fired.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Apple: "We have a moral duty to make money for our shareholders (who perform no labor to make the products) at the direct expense of the employers who do the real labor."

[@gooddogreallygooddog6157]

Capitalism baby

[@James_Bee]

@@gooddogreallygooddog6157 The only problem with capitalism is people.

[@debtminer4976]

@@James_Bee That'd be the problem with any system.

[@revelationreflection]

Bingo!

[@79chrisuk]

@@dertythegrower All major smartphone companies are guilty of this. All of them.

[@Robert-jz7hq]

What hurts is how ignorant someone would have to be to defend Apple.

[@ChrysanthsMum]

Next time Apple preaches at Americans for their wokeness...can we laugh?

[@scwirpeo]

Could have been doing it for years.

[@TheRyujinLP]

In the end these mega corps are only pushing wokness so they can control an army of useful idiots to push for laws, regulations and most importunately social norms they want. One of the big ones is pushing for so called "Hate Speech" laws. These corps (and the "right kind" of politicians ) can use them to silence criticism.

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

I have been laughing at Apple for their supposed wokeness for years now. You are welcome to join in.

[@ChrysanthsMum]

@@WarrenGarabrandt I actually didn’t realize how woke they had become...as I type on my iPad and await the delivery of a MacBook from IT at work. 🙄

[@cankhovich1796]

@@TheRyujinLP exactly, this is the cultural marxist covert insurrection (political coup) being witnessed currently

[@MikeMike-er7kn]

Apple don't know what's going on with the subcontractors? Try NOT sending a shipment and see how quickly Apple is straight onto KNOWING what IS going on!

[@brigandboy1425]

Where I work, they were treating my department (I work in manufacturing) like crap. We were paid on time, sure, but the disrespect in all other areas was insane. Worse, we were paid less than other comparable jobs in the area. In the middle of all that, the bosses made personal purchases and stored them on company grounds. Purchases costing in excess of $400k. Most people would look at this situation and go "Well, you're lucky to have a job." True, but it doesn't discount the issues. Or they would say "You could always find another job." Normally yes, but not so much in 2020. Or "You are just grunts making parts. Like you are so special." This last bit is the part that, though not all of us may have realized it specifically, is the worst incorrect thing. Without our department of some 20 people, the entire half a billion dollar a year company (which is not terribly huge at some ~120 people) would not just grind to a halt, it would collapse. No one has any SOP for the parts we make. Nothing is up to date within 3 years, and significant changes to procedure and technique have been made to accommodate new models, and clients/engineer requests. Yes, a person working where I work can get spooled up and start manufacturing parts within a few weeks. Within a month, they can be a useful member of the team with relatively little continued supervision. But that requires that they are trained and watched over by the people working there. If we all quit, there is *NO ONE* in the company outside our department that could build the parts, nor train new people on how to build parts. The production would stop, the clients and contracts could not be fulfilled, and the company would face incredibly hard times. All because 20 or so people decided to move on and work elsewhere if they so chose. Most employees, regardless of skill, rarely realize that they are important to their employer, and most employers really would rather not bring the subject up for obvious reasons.

[@malzsmith]

Louis: "This would aggrevate me greatly."

[@tomw8]

Integrity, honesty, truthfulness - your words are fresh air to my ears. 👍🏼👍🏼💯💯💯

[@jacob_90s]

Always nice to see that companies have learned from history. History has shown time and time again that slave and slave-like labor is more damaging to businesses in the long term, but as always, short term greed will be the downfall of society

[@ChamplooMusashi]

its not damaging to corporations so much as it is society. it is quite EXTREMELY profitable to perpetuate slave-like labor. apple is realistically making the optimal move here like Louis says, because no one is holding them accountable.

[@jacob_90s]

@@ChamplooMusashi Not true. It increases profits in the short term, but the long term effects are still damaging to businesses, as it discourages productivity, discourages workers innovating to make their job and the company more efficient. Not too mention the lower wages often inhibits the workers themselves from being able to buy the very product they're making, prevents them from better they're own lives which increases demand and drives innovation in other areas, which can often benefit the original company either directly or indirectly, and on and on and on and on. The same damn thing has occurred dozens of times across history, from slavery in Rome to slavery in the South. So yeah, short term increases in profits, but shooting themselves in the foot in the long term

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@jacob_90s the business might dissolve, but all the people who got rich off it will still be rich when all is said and done. There are consequences, sure, but they fall squarely on the shoulders of the very employees being exploited, not on the people in charge. They definitely know that it's a bad idea in the long term, they just don't care because it won't affect them when SHTF.

[@PlanetFrosty]

Tim Cook has used this strategy over and over to beat up suppliers and reportedly knowingly let this situation exist. Cook has allowed abuse to occur over and over for decades!

[@miamijules2149]

Hello?! Hello Frostie-Flake!? Are you like.... stupid or something?! How is Tim Cook suppose to bother himself with child labor and generalized satanic conduct when he is busy telling us what content I can consume, what I can hear, see, think and say?! I mean.... hello!? How else am I supposed to know how to live my life?! No, no sir.... Tim Cook is obviously busy.

[@stationrecreation3066]

Most people be like, "that's horrible!" Five seconds later, moving on.

[@YounesLayachi]

I judge people if they use apple products. That's just how it goes :s

[@vasili1207]

You shouldn't judge people on outward looks and possessions. Content of character is all that matters ... this is why USA is a hell hole.

[@l0k048]

many people i know would just say but it's not only Apple, as this is a execuse to make slave labor a normal thing

[@rossmanngroup]

@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines medium quality trolling

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@HaveYouTriedGuillotines The second half of this comment complaining about logical fallacies is ironically just poisoning the well. lmao, go off I guess. you really stuck it to those ancaps.

[@chriscannon6802]

“This would aggravate me greatly” 🤣😂

[@Bassotronics]

More than aggravate that’s for sure.

[@vincenzothegamer9636]

It’s like how schools that tell everyone at what time and what day fire dills are always get everyone out in time and in an orderly manner. When you tell people their work is going to be tested you are going to get perfect work out of them

[@tissuepaper9962]

I know you're making an analogy but the point of telling everyone when the drill is is to prevent panic so that people can actually learn the process they need to follow in a real emergency.

[@Olivia-W]

@@tissuepaper9962 ... It's good to say it's a drill _after_ everyone has done the procedure. If they panic during the drill, well, then the drill has uncovered a training issue.

[@vincenzothegamer9636]

@@tissuepaper9962 at my school fire drill days were the only days that most teachers would do attendance at the start of class. If there was a real fire if it was in the first half of the class most teaches would not be able to be sure if all their students got out or not. If no one was told about fire drill dates then they would have to do attendance at the start of class every day or risk getting in big shit

[@DedmenMiller]

In all my schools (Germany) we were not told about it beforehand, but we could see in the teachers face that they were calm, so we were calm too. But teachers doing attendance also wasn't a thing, they knew their students, and just used their eyes to see who's missing, without the students even noticing that they were doing that

[@KYSMO]

It is crazy to me that 5500 years after we invented writing, in the time of AI, robots, and space travel, we still need to explain that slave labor and child labor are bad.

[@FemboyEngineer]

How about…✝️☪️🕉️☸️🪯✡️🔯🕎☯️☦️🛐⛎♈️♉️♊️♋️♌️♍️ etc…?

[@traine4126]

Apple: "Hey 'remove' the underaged workers." Manufacturing Company: *executes workers*

[@The2808erik]

One reason I only buy used Smartphones. I had my Nexus 5x since 2015, only upgraded recently, because the flash memory was dying. I got a used Galaxy S9.

[@Hannilux]

32:20 Louis, as a note, you should look into the google search as it has been tempered and sometimes does not show the real stuff on the first couple pages of search results as it prioritizes legacy media.(in general)

[@monkeyfusion8679]

Obligitory "Secret Tunnel!!!"

[@NarcissistMargarine]

THROUGH THE MOUNTAAAIN

[@reikisano4542]

@@NarcissistMargarine SECRET, SECRET, SECRET, SECRET TUNNEL! Yeah!

[@Ulysees31]

Chris found a secret tunnel

[@BVasquezp]

Those spots in the towel? Thats Chris' blood he cleaned off his fists.

[@andrewt.5567]

Chris....sounds like you got a free pass to Louis's wife! Does Erika know about this wife?

[@miamijules2149]

Hahaha dude I was just thinking?

[@cinnavision]

I didn't know about Chris doing Blackberry.

[@Simon-ui6db]

"getting into Epstein territory" LOST IT LMFAO!!! Best burn of 2021 so far.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

It goes Saville, Epstein, Weinstein I think. Not sure where Crosby fits in age-wise.

[@anthonyc2159]

Louis, I really appreciate your explanations from an employer's perspective and helping us see how complex running a business really is and that it's not that simple to just fire someone sometimes. The only way to make the higher ups accountable for crap like this is to not buy their products and demand on social media through a hashtag that they do something about it. But I'm sure this will fall into deaf ears.

[@tetra1974]

Apple "Think different" ~ maximum greed, design obsolescence/un-reparability

[@panchora99]

"Never accept the premise of assholes." - Louis Rossmann, 2021 That is a good quote to be honest.

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Looks like Mike Tyson left his boxing towel on the chair behind you.

[@stephanreiken9912]

Only their trained 14 year olds can safely repair Apple products.

[@datboi1026]

If apple decided to make their products in the US then I don’t think they’d have issues with labor laws, as long as they’re paying the employees in accordance with US laws. I think they should do this, it would even look good on their part.

[@DurzoBlunts]

Their profit margin would sink and they'd end up not turning the profits they do thus making their stock sink, thusly dropping their total value.

[@BarnacleBoy42069]

@@DurzoBlunts the profit margin wouldn't sink by THAT much, their stuff would probably cost a couple hundred extra dollars which Apple drones will be more than happy to dish out every year

[@deimosphob]

I remember wanting to work at 12-13 years old, the fact that children don't get the personal choice to work is bullshit, however, forcing them to work and not paying them properly is a completely different issue.

[@YounesLayachi]

Lmao apple needs competition in manufacturers to survive Truly ironic

[@APang-gw1du]

Thanks for your honesty and for exposing the irregularities of these companies. We need more exposes, because in the end the customers are the loses, the Companies get richer.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

What can you do? No one cares. I tell that about Nestlé for years, literally no one cares enough to do something. I staunchly refuse to purchase Apple...my job does it anyway. This will all come crashing down someday (and many will be shocked when it does), but until then? We are such a small minority. Yelling into a void out of principle, hoping someone will hear.

[@piotrd.4850]

Nestlé? And what they are doing? Seemed lke relatively safe business...

[@jason9875]

Great, incredible, amazing job at showing BOTH sides of the story! Keep it up!

[@jhnssch6744]

8:45 ..or touch bars that break and require 900€ (1,100.26 USD the time of writing) ticket price after 4 weeks of ownership for it to be replaced, because it requires replacing the entire top case and in the process disassembling the entire ShitBook. Why put one in that breaks anyways is another question which ought to be investigated (by Apple), assuming they would want to sell a good product, which we all know they do not intend to..

[@jhnssch6744]

FYI if the buttons stop working 3 weeks after purchase and your genius bar appointment is 5 weeks after purchase, the ShitBook’s keyboard (with un-broken touch-bar at the time of making the appointment) will not be eligible for the generous 4 year warranty!

[@jhnssch6744]

On this it must be noted, that the old touch-bar of the ShitBook (broken or un-broken at the time of keyboard repair - in that specific case replacement) is thrown into the trash, because the replacement requires replacing both in order to fix the broken keyboard given it is one piece; top case=(aluminium+[touch*bar]+keyboard)

[@miamijules2149]

No way I’d pay that after 4 weeks of ownership.... they’d fix it or I’d lose my fucking shit.

[@giovannip.1433]

This is where I take exception to 'underage workers': There is nothing wrong with working under the age of 18 - as long as that work does not limit a childs' learning. e.g. Washing dishes for a couple of hours a day or doing low risk work in business is actually a benefit to growth. Not only do you earn money to buy your own 'youthful stuff' it exposes youth to a work ethic. It depends on the amount of work those people are expected to do. Further more, if it is my business and I want to expose my children to my business and industry to make sure my kids get an edge on others, offering them an opportunity to 'work' in my business in holidays or after school is beneficial to me and my kids.

[@SpunkyMcGoo]

̶A̶p̶p̶l̶e̶ Did you mean: 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘢 ?

[@anonymousarmadillo6589]

yessss

[@anonymousarmadillo6589]

@@Skedge It's a draconian, asshole, capitalist, exploiting company in Cyberpunk 2077

[@SpunkyMcGoo]

@@Skedge Megacorp in the Cyberpunk universe, main "villain" of the recent video game.

[@seren1ty755]

@@anonymousarmadillo6589 elitist socialist*

[@miamijules2149]

Hahaha INTERNET COMMENT OF THE DAY AWARDED! 🥇

[@the_expidition427]

Now if you close your eyes it almost feels like nothings changed at all

[@xhacker]

Chris is staying for the employee benefits.

[@reubenvanderkodde5789]

@Okurka in this case, it seems like the benefits would include Louis’ wife

[@Bassotronics]

@ *Okurka* You are slower than a turtle aren’t you? 🤣

[@zippymcfearson2776]

They found "content identified as not suitable for most advertisers" but the slavery was deemed o.k.

[@jhnssch6744]

True. Do not give them your money, except if your intention is to be labeled a supporter of slavery in the future. Information is out. Retribution comes, always.

[@imjustsayin34]

Who are good alternatives? Does Android do the same? How can you be completely ethical in a American market when the dollar is fake?

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@imjustsayin34 buy things made in places that have actual labor laws and use them for as long as humanly possible.

[@b0rZ84]

Louis, with all do respect, I'm surprised you are still alive. Happy new year and keep up the good work.

[@DJdoppIer]

I'll be honest, I never plan on purchasing Apple products because they shit on repairability. But *_THIS_* just reinforces my plans to never purchase Apple products. *_I refuse to be an enabler for Apple's shitty practices._*

[@ChamplooMusashi]

you really aren't going to avoid it no matter what you do unless you go into the woods and make your own everything. at some point you have participated in profiting slave labor in some extended fashion. even when you buy things "made in america" the degree to which they are "made" has little regulation. the parts could be assembled in other countries and then the larger unit assembled in the united states. a dryer could have its circuit board printed in mexico, the non digital devices from china, and the 50$ of sheet metal manufactured in america and then assembled. at some point associative profit will find its way to exploitation of labor. its the nature of the beast that is industry

[@bestintentions6089]

Only breaking apple up will fix this

[@bestintentions6089]

Talk to your local representative

[@miamijules2149]

@@bestintentions6089 No, no.... the road to hell is paved with good (best) intentions! Apple should be fucking scattered to the wind but we don’t need government to save us from this bullshit - no thank you - they’re the first ones allowing this horseshit (lest you believe they have no idea what Apple is up to in China)! No, how about we all grow the fuck up AND STOP BUYING THIS SHIT!

[@scwirpeo]

@@ChamplooMusashi They could at least try to hide it. They don't even pretend like it's not happening anymore they just make a copy paste customer service email and send it to the media who gobble it up like gospel. If you are going to sell me a 1500$USD phone that cost little 13 year old chun his life in an industrial accident you could at least lie about doing it, ya know. You could justify apple boycotts on the fact that they don't even think you're intelligent enough to read the news alone.

[@sid6645]

Louis I am fucking floored by your mental fortitude and ability to be rational even after popping several blood vessels. How the the hell does one develop such an attitude? Like, the secret tunnels and 7$ a month shit made me want to riot, but then you list the several important issues and their inherent crippling nature in a clearheaded manner... Good on you man. Good on you.

[@OneNidim]

I see you got a tortilla blanket

[@denantori1321]

They can find secret tunnels but they can't find out someone underpaying the workers.

[@SaberusTerras]

9% of suppliers did not get business with Apple. That leaves me with the impression that Apple has a low bar of standards.

[@tocube1]

I'm sorry for all those years i didn't know you man. you're awesome.

[@amcconnell6730]

Watching this on a Macbook Air and feeling guilty....

[@c182SkylaneRG]

"Follow the money, and you will always find your way to the root of the problem"

[@blkshp25]

Why does the cat have that guy in all it's videos!?

[@icouldjustscream]

The cat is smart. It can sleep while that guy does all the talking.

[@James_Bee]

Delegating.

[@Simbson]

He is its slave for speaking and working bringing home food and so on. I'm also a slave since my 8th birthday when my parents bought me a cat and told me: "It's your responsibility."

[@apocalypseap]

You've hit the nail on the head of this crappy corporate structure system we have going. It's all designed to absolve the company of fault and let them continue operations basically however they want to without actual consequences. This is why we have to fight against corruption actively.

[@gr2238]

I like your framing, it looks like you have a halo. Second time I've noticed it. Just a sliver of the lampshade

[@virtusetglorie]

Lol. Very interesting observation there.

[@emergenciest]

Saint Louis of the Motherboards

[@N2tech]

Any time you have a job where you are underpaid it is forced labor. If you are afraid or can't afford to leave then it's work or starve.

[@mikemallen3453]

They didn't even pay them 6.84$ a month

[@psyclone8614]

Contractor Company: "14?! I thought they were 18!" *Chris Hansen steps out from behind a pile of iphones* "Why don't you have a seat right there for me."

[@grantrennie]

Apple are doing virus vaccine ID cards on the apple wallets 🙄, also I seen the apple advert on TV today in the UK with the phone getting soaked with drinks and things and showing wireless charging.. Im not sure but I think there might not be a charging port? There has been mention of a folding iPhone here, just like the new Samsung folding phone that's on sale

[@zesticide1010]

I scream this at the top of my lungs and iPhone users still can't hear me.

[@trixareforkids59]

Did louis just kill someone and clean up the blood with that blood filled towel?

[@NarcissistMargarine]

Or Chris

[@Cliffhanger_MFC]

Didn’t you hear at 6:45 that Chris Banged his wife?? He probably killed him then cleaned up with that bloody towel!!

[@andrewt.5567]

......has anyone seen Chris today.....?

[@Cliffhanger_MFC]

@@wolfie54321 lmao

[@attilaszovan]

@@andrewt.5567 You didn't pay attention, Chris is needed to keep the company running... He's fine, let's see if that is true for the wife as well...

[@SuperCidermonkey]

Check out where the cobalt comes from. Kids as young as FIVE are working and dying in mines in the Congo, where 70% of the worlds cobalt comes from, a vital component in manufacture of lithium batteries. chinese business also owns half of the mines there and most of the trading houses where cobalt mined by children can be 'lost' with legitimately mined cobalt. Not only is your phone made by children, but so is your tablet, electric car, home solar batteries, watches, laptops, etc.

[@PrincessTS01]

if corporations could be sith lords, apple would be a sith lord

[@biggiesmol]

iPhones are your modern day blood diamonds.

[@DurzoBlunts]

Oh this is so going to all my apple using family and friends...

[@yeledyahubenisrael3929]

You are gaining more and more of my respect. Keep telling truth.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Tell me things in my ear holes Louis, talk dirrrty motherboards to me :)

[@dumboy886]

I wish electronics were traceable like meat can be, where you can find out what farm it comes from and what slaughterhouse and when. and then attach data relevant to working conditions attached to it.

[@SuperSoaker420]

Chris’s job security sounds pretty stable 😌

[@kennethng8346]

When IBM selected the Intel 8088 processor for their IBM PC, it was on the condition that AMD be able to manufacture the same processor, because IBM policy at the time was to refuse any single-sourced component.

[@thomasjensen1590]

Not surprising. At the same time they charge extreme prices for devices that breaks quickly and easily and that they wont fix

[@piotrd.4850]

In it self it is not bad ... no that bad. Problem is, that all other manufacturers started to price their products accordingly.

[@stankolodin5586]

"On company property" the way he said that made it sound like that was the biggest issue not the warm relationship with his wife. 7:24

[@zerone9623]

..during work hours. 😂

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

the game called "telephone", you know what the non-PC name for that game is? Chinese Whispers.

[@6581punk]

Contractors often have two sets of books. The real ones and the ones to provide when they are audited.

[@CamelGarage]

Not “possibly” or “allegedly” these are facts.

[@guymarkman5468]

It's a way to defend himself himself from legal actions. Apple just need a small reason to do it and they will sue his life out.

[@RandomUser2401]

@@guymarkman5468 If the actually wanted to, they could sue the sh** out of him based on many many past videos.

[@infinitesips9379]

I get what you are saying and I agree with it completely. Honestly though my opinion is that people with the authority to do something about this disgusting practice, usually get paid to sweep it under the rug, or 'pretend' to enforce that such behaviors cannot happen again while they look the other way. Don't get me wrong there will be workers that have the courage to put their foot down and stand for what is right and nowadays thanks to social media, will be heard, and may have a brief impact. Give it time though and this will blow over and people will keep forgetting about it like you mentioned and it will keep happening behind the scenes with 'people' who can make a difference but are to afraid to or rather benefit from it. I have no degree in business, so I may be wrong here, but don't corporations such as Apple Inc. have a code of ethics? if anything shouldn't the board of directors or the executives who oversee supply chains be held accountable? But of course not. Because they are rich and there are loopholes for rich and powerful corporations. XD

[@xeveniahdarkwind178]

The world and brainwashed cult of apple needs to know this...

[@Sabundy]

The cult members don't care. They wouldn't care if the blood of newborn babies was used to make Apple products. They only care about having their over priced products that show how special they are to others.

[@theMaster...]

I'm glad I have ZERO Apple products in my home, and don't have to live with the shame of being associated with this outrageous and disgusting behaviour...

[@cinnavision]

content.wisestep.com/companies-use-child-labor/ www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/apple-lenovo-benefit-from-coerced-uighur-labor-in-china/2313495/

[@latinourbano]

This has been know for years...yet the same people that cry about minimum wage keep buying these phones

[@DurzoBlunts]

So very very odd too. Perplexing.

[@manictiger]

Why are there no jobs!? Gee. Well, when Mexico is asking 3 dollars an hour and Americans want 15... And when businesses aren't even allowed to operate any more, but still have to pay rent because no one in the entire country has decided to waive property taxes and utility bills... So all the small businesses are gone and all the big businesses are overseas, or across the border... Yeah, why are there no jobs. -_-

[@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920]

all phones are the same when it comes to this. matter of fact, everything you buy is the same in this way.

[@typeer]

Love you Louis, thanks for caring about labour rights

[@morgangallowglass8668]

Slavery gets things done...cheaply..... Keep that in mind as you pay $1,000 for your monitor stand and $500 for your headphones. Happy New Year!

[@miamijules2149]

It’s fucking amazing to me; I have an IPhone (which I ALWAYS buy used). I’m not paying $1,200 for a fucking phone or $300 for earpods or $37 for a damn charger. I don’t understand why people, even if they have the money, are always clamoring to pay outrageous sums for products which obviously cost pennies on the dollar to build.

[@scwirpeo]

@@miamijules2149 Ego. No self control. Probably those two things.

[@Ferno209]

Don’t speak about your wife like that Louis, i love you man but your wife shouldn’t have been used as an example like that. She’s your everything, treat her w/ a little more respect. Again, all love, just don’t talk about her like that.

[@nr4o1981]

my pizza is ready pretty soon

[@drazen1529]

Damn, Chris could get some ideas after watching this video.

[@DarrellVermilion]

I happened to be screwing around with my EQ at the same time the audio started getting static-y at 17:27ish and I thought I broke something. lol

[@colinfox2778]

Same here! I'm having issues with my speakers and was like not AGAIN!

[@Simbson]

Hahaha, suckers.

[@WanderTheNomad]

Thought my earphones started to malfunction

[@ПётрПроценко-б3к]

"Robust" is it even a word. I first heard the word like 10 years ago at some exhibition and still didn't figure out any rational meaning. Believe it or not I'm comfortable with not knowing exactly what the word means, I just know it's an epithet used by advertisers.

[@jhnssch6744]

7:00 Happy to hear you two got married. It’s news (at least to me, I only remember you using ‘gf’ in the past) & good news for once so I wish you two all the best for the future! God bless.

[@anonymousarmadillo6589]

Lol I don't think he's serious

[@westfield90]

No ring on finger?

[@rossmanngroup]

I'm not married

[@IanBPPK]

@@rossmanngroup Your hypothetical had me wondering too lol.

[@anonymousarmadillo6589]

@@rossmanngroup Well, wish you the best of luck lol

[@Dargubus93]

If Louise ever makes merch it Will have writen "Don't accept the premise of assholes" on it.