[Jacques]

So my wife and I were having a discussion about ethical consumer items, specifically laptops as her 13" Macbook Pro is busy dying a slow death. She doesn't want a new (or used) Apple product again, both she and I are after something in the future that has more consideration behind it when it comes to parts, manufacturing and assembly.

One thing that I quickly found while looking at all the big brand manufacturers (Apple, Lenovo, Sony, MS, etc. etc.) is that most components are manufactured in, what I can only term as, Chinese slave labour camps. Or, the 'staff' or workers have been taken from Muslim minority or other minority groups in the surrounding areas and 'cleansed' of their wicked ways through propaganda and well, threats and bullying. (Read Uyghurs here)

So considering all that is out there, is there actually a more ethical manufacturer of laptops? And while we have ethics on the list, lets add as open source as possible. (Open Firmware, no blobs, etc)

And yes I know, one country's ethical is not the same as another,  but you get my drift.