Ethically Optimal Hardware Source? (5 replies)

It's one thing if we're at a thrift store and re-purpose hardware that we later find was made under human rights violations - after all, we're using it to bring awareness to the problem. I'm new to this area, I'm not a member of Greenpeace or something, rather late to the table to learn what Apple/Foxconn does to their workers - let's just say, when your landlord installs anti-suicide netting outside your apartment, maybe something's wrong.

YouTube video: Suicide Netting: https://youtu.be/Qibxm52y1v8

Recently I wrote my feelings about Apple somewhere, and was harshly rebuked by someone saying it's not Apple, but Foxconn, and these are the companies who do business with them:

Acer Inc.
Amazon.com
Apple Inc.
BlackBerry Ltd.
Cisco
Dell
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Huawei
InFocus
IBM
LENOVO
Microsoft
Motorola Mobility
Nintendo
Nokia
Panasonic
Sony
Toshiba
Vizio
Xiaomi

As for me, and whatever computer hardware I buy in the future, it's pretty hard to get around these names, and that's not to even say Foxconn is the worst, as we don't know what we don't know. But is anyone up to speed with out little SOCs and whatnot, to know the least amount of suffering when into the design and implementation?

I mean, if Marvel is better than something else, sure I'd buy differently. No Apple for me though, though I'd struggle to refuse a hand-me-down.