> Then there's the use of child and/or slave labor.
It doesn't make it any better, but let's keep in mind that this is true for ALL current laptop brands unfortunately. They all come from the same factories.
If anything I trust Apple more to audit their supply chain for human rights violations that I would trust eg Dell or Lenovo (and I use those brands exclusively myself).
I trust Apple to behave like a for-profit business.
I've seen Apple make changes when it's benefited them (because their image matters to their customers).
Then why do they seem to lobby in favor of slave labor? [0]
At least for me it's difficult to come up with a reason why Apple might do this aside from knowingly profiting from it.
For one the difficulty they engineer into their devices when it comes to repairing and servicing them.
Then there's the use of child and/or slave labor.
(if a child or a slave is making a product I expect it to be priced as such then/s)
Removal or weird choices in terms of ports and which cables you may use.
Question becomes for an independent software developer whether it's better to write off $7k or $3k and have $4k more in your pocket.
Edit: Thank you apple fan boys for your downvotes! :D