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Are you going to order the new iPhone 14?


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Nope. I am done with them. I will not stop my daughter/wife if they want to there. But I will never ever eat that place. Not poeticizing but they are against what I stand for. And I am an Indian who has been living in Arkansas and Texas for last 24 years.
I get what you're saying, but to be totally blunt and honest here, all you're doing is picking your poison. Your iPhone is made in China, a country that is known for Uyghar slave labor and the forced harvesting of organs of helpless human beings ... among many other ungodly atrocities. You are buying from a company that is going all in with China, spending nearly a trillion dollars to be relevant in that country. Apple was even actively lobbying against a bill that would reduce the occurrence of slave labor years ago. If you were to actually uphold buying decisions based on ethics and what companies stand for, there would be very little that you could actually buy. I mean you are perfectly welcome to choose where you don't want to eat, but in the grand scheme of things, the products you are purchasing are coming from countries that are doing some very heinous things that I know are not something you stand for either. It's very hard in this day and age to escape companies that are rooted in a good moral fabric. I tried taking a stand the last year or so ago and promised myself I would stop buying from companies that don't align with my moral beliefs. As it turned out, if I did that, I realized I would own almost nothing. The only way to avoid all of this is to just live off the land and farm and build your own house by hand and raise your own animals and be one with the land. Because short of that, every company is bad at this point.
 
Attention: Folks roughly 2 hours and 36 minutes left until we arrive in Anchorage, Alaska.

We are roughly going 636 mph with a solid 35,000 altitude (ft).

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Shortly, we will be crossing the Bering Sea.

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I won't sleep until I've landed in Anchorage.
 
I’ve thought about being a tech reviewer tbh.. if I had the $ to start up to review the big hitters I think I would.
Be like ZolloTech. Don't think he had any money. If you are passionate about it. You don't need the $. It will generate itself for you.
 
I won't sleep until I've landed in Anchorage.
Same! I'm planning on staying up. It will be 12AM here in Las Vegas by the time it lands but it's ok. It's iPhone week. Everything is on hold. My whole life, work, sleep, and everything else is on hold!
 
Whats even more insane. Look at those two with the 13 pro max between them. It literally makes the ipod touch look like a kids toy
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I tried going to an SE recently and promptly returned it to keep my XR. The only good thing about that phone was the nostalgia, but man ... I absolutely hate the lack of screen real estate, especially when web browsing or playing or games or doing anything really. I'm glad Apple jumped on the gigantic screen bandwagon.
 
It’s only 7:58 pm here. So will definitely wait for the Alaska notification.

I recall last year it only stayed at Alaska for less than hour or so. Not sure what the departure time to Kentucky is.
Yes! Don't miss the ANC scan. Unfortunately, It's not going to wait 1 hour in ANC this year.

UPS 91 is set to depart in 3 hours. After it lands to ANC.

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I get what you're saying, but to be totally blunt and honest here, all you're doing is picking your poison. Your iPhone is made in China, a country that is known for Uyghar slave labor and the forced harvesting of organs of helpless human beings ... among many other ungodly atrocities. You are buying from a company that is going all in with China, spending nearly a trillion dollars to be relevant in that country. Apple was even actively lobbying against a bill that would reduce the occurrence of slave labor years ago. If you were to actually uphold buying decisions based on ethics and what companies stand for, there would be very little that you could actually buy. I mean you are perfectly welcome to choose where you don't want to eat, but in the grand scheme of things, the products you are purchasing are coming from countries that are doing some very heinous things that I know are not something you stand for either. It's very hard in this day and age to escape companies that are rooted in a good moral fabric. I tried taking a stand the last year or so ago and promised myself I would stop buying from companies that don't align with my moral beliefs. As it turned out, if I did that, I realized I would own almost nothing. The only way to avoid all of this is to just live off the land and farm and build your own house by hand and raise your own animals and be one with the land. Because short of that, every company is bad at this point.
I totally understand Uyghyar's plight and the atrocities being committed against them. I support them as an individual but if our government is lacking in that, we can't do anything. But I am trying to what I can. This definitely isn't a forum to discuss this. I came from very humble background from India and made it in US. My issue is that being in US and I consider myself American Indian (not Indian American), I can't see what's going on here. Trampling people's lives? I live in Texas and I have young daughter. If she gets pregnant, I can afford to take her to any state for that matter to any country. But not everyone can do that. We need to take a stand anywhere we can. Some things are beyond our control. Like you said unless we start farming and living on a candle light, we won't be able to do it. But we are an evolved society and we need to behave like one. Treat each other with respect regardless of their views unless they are inhumane.
 
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