Fairphone's environmental footprint only marginally better than Apple

My point is that the combination of words “green electronics” is a contradiction in itself. How is that even defined?

Second point:

Quite the contrary in my opinion. Greenpeace has strengthened the arguments of my Apple-fanboy friends. :wink: Why should I get a Fairphone with all its flaws, when I can get an iPhone that is only worse than Fairphone by a fraction?


Ok, I do acknowledge that Apple does better then the rest in the use of renewable energy and chemicals. I’d like to challenge you, however, to question their reasons for this. Is it because they really care for the nature and the individual people behind their products? Or are they fearing a loss of profits if they don’t adapt a bit to the environmentalist world? In my opinion, Apple’s effort is hypocritical as long as there are still reports like this one (Chinese students claim they worked illegal overtime making the iPhone X, 21st November 2017) or this one (Apple Supplier Workers Describe Noxious Hazards at China Factory, 16th January 2018).

Not good enough.

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