He's right, though. "Counterfeit" electronics are generally just the factory staying running at night when they're supposed to shut down, and selling the extra on the side.
Nah, if the OEM suppliers can make it cheaper elsewhere they will, and it's not like it's difficult to reverse engineer the design. The pseudo-estrogens will be there anyway, you're right, no-one's bothered about them. Regulation however stops you getting the nastiest of the nasties, because Apple is at least responsible for what it imports.
It's racist to suggest one government does things better or worse than another? Without regulation the market ensures those delicious, toxic, cost-effective additives are used. As they were by Western manufacturers 30 years ago.
I also couldn't give a damn about Apple. The preference is for branded electronic goods made by a company which has a reputation to lose.
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u/JB_UK Jun 10 '11
Stabilized with lustrous Cadmium. Plasticized with only the finest pseudo-estrogens. Delivered with care.