A Reminder: Apple isn't the only Company Overseas

Apple products are primarily manufactured by Foxconn. If you're been reading the news lately, you might have read about poor working conditions in Chinese factories, or how our economy would improve greatly if some of that manufacturing was brought back to the US.

Foxconn alone can include Acer, Samsung,  Dell, Microsoft, Nintendo, Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, HP, Nokia, Motorola, Asus, Sony, and many more as customers. You probably haven't read too much about that lately though. Odd, isn't it?

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Dell's Misleading Customers

I've pointed out in the past that Microsoft and PC manufactures often use deception to sell their products. Dell's always been one of the biggest offenders, but their latest method of tricking buyers into upgrading their graphics card is just downright evil.

The above image was used on their site to sell an upgraded graphics card. It tells buyers "get this card or your screen will be blurry!". Is this the case? Of course not, and Dell knew that. Arguably, most people would be fine with the standard graphics card, but Dell's methods made it seem as though the default card would create a blurry screen, even on the desktop with no programs running. They did this with the sole intention of tricking unknowing customers into paying more for features they wouldn't need. Why else would they have used the graphic?

Dell has since pulled the image from it's website, but one has to wonder why thy thought it was acceptable to use in the first place. If you need deception to sell your products, maybe you simply make better products.
via Gizmodo

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