With all these eyes on Apple, what do we know about Asus or Acer or even further down the alphabet? For some components we may only have a very few suppliers
Cobalt and Tantalum are mined by child slaves in the Congo, smuggled to Rwanda and Zambia, then branded as "ethical". Rare earth refineries destroyed Baotou lake in China, rendering surrounding villages destitute, and threatened to contaminate the groundwater that sustains a huge portion of the Chinese population.
If you look into other materials that electronics depend on you'll see similar problems.
Electronics cause astronomical suffering.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/deadly-mi...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/07/china-ra...
[3] https://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/13/where-apple-gets-tantalu...
[4] https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr62/3183/2016/en/
I hate to say it because my life is so comfortable but it might just be that comfortable life that is causing the astronomical suffering.
Oh, ok then.