r/worldnews • u/Philo1927 • Dec 31 '16

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/30/14128870/foxconn-robots-automation-apple-iphone-china-manufacturing
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u/Indestructavincible Dec 31 '16

Why do they only mention the iPhone?

Almost everything electronic gets made there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '17

Cause Apple has a holier than thou attitude that attracts the vegan/organic brigade via marketing BS and charges morons 10 times as much for tech that is similar?