Memnoch Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Article here Basically, unpaid interns have been forced the build ps4s. Not by force obviously, but if they didn't follow orders and work lots of hours for nothing, they would lose course credits, even though building ps4 has nothing to do with their studies in the first place. I'm not going to go on a boycott PS4 this shouldn't be allowed rage, because, whats the point? loads of consumer goods are built there or in other companies that do the same... However, just as a quick question, how far would you personally go to make sure you can get goods as cheaply as possible ? Edited October 14, 2013 by Duane Dibley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBaku Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Damn you French, you and your rights and treating people like people Let em slaves work for the Sony empire all over the world O_O Anyways thats nothing new, the world nowdays has a new sense of slavery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbuk Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I found an article just like this and posted it in the CB. Mio screencapped a comment in the article that said companies that use Foxcoon. Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Nintendo (and Nokia, but nobody buys stuff from them ) use Foxconn, so you would have to avoid pretty much every home console if you want to boycott. How important are course credits? I've never heard of them before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memnoch Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Actually they are pretty easy to avoid if you dont use a console... And I'll repeat I'm not going down the boycott BS. Just wondering what peoples true thoughts on this kind of thing are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbuk Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Actually they are pretty easy to avoid if you dont use a console... And I'll repeat I'm not going down the boycott BS. Just wondering what peoples true thoughts on this kind of thing are... I don't support this, but I don't see much point in boycotting either. One person boycotting won't make a dent in their billions of $$ And despite hwo much I don't support this, I love Sony consoles. Boycotting (if we all did it) would make a huge dent in their money, and maybe even get M$ all the sales and publicity. My take on this is that consumers should be aware, and decide individually whether it is worth boycotting. I'm sure if every potential buyer knew, there would be a huge drop in sales. But at the end of the day, people want entertainment, and unless you enjoy playing on a PC, you can't play games without going to an indie console, since all 3 of "The Big 3" (Reminds me of The Big 3 of Olympus) are using Foxconn. The article I read didn't say how long this has been going on for. Just out of interest, do you have an idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I got into a huge debate about this with a friend of mine who posted this on his Facebook a few days ago. He went as far as to say that if you got a PS4 you would basically be supporting child labor which is ludicrous. After a lengthy debate he agreed with me and edited his original post. All I will say are these young adults attend university and they are there of their own free will to work towards a qualification for their course. I worked in a hotel kitchen when I was 16 as part of work experience towards a course I was doing. I worked long hours and didn't get paid but I got the qualification I wanted at the end of it and that's the point really. Either way I don't think anyone can hold Sony accountable for any wrongdoing on their part so a boycott would be stupid really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memnoch Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 @buk - no idea, although foxconn are always in trouble with some human rights group. It is capitalism at its best @skippy - the thing is, these students arent learning what they should. They are learning how to work on a production line when they are supposedly there for engineering etc. And why does everyone keep on talking about a boycott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Either way they will get their qualification and usually when we work there's shit we don't particularly want to do so in that regard they're getting real life work experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK_Scuba Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 This doesn't bother me too much, many schools require work experience and there are far worse things to be doing than packaging some boxes for a few months. Either way SOny already has disputed this claim so who knows what the truth is *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzero4812 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 now if this was just a simple work study program then there wouldnt be much of an issue here,but it seems like there is a reocurring problem with this company so its hard to say, and also to say chinese/japanese education system is very strict so unless anyone is actually there we wont know complete story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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