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PRODUCT Red Skewered

The Daily Mash delivers a splendid smackdown of the charitable pretensions of PRODUCT Red, the tech toys which kick a portion of the profits to causes in the developing world. It’s bitter, brutal and brilliant. "Around half the profits from Product Red products goes straight into the bank accounts of executives at enormous corporations, who […]

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The Daily Mash delivers a splendid smackdown of the charitable pretensions of PRODUCT Red, the tech toys which kick a portion of the profits to causes in the developing world. It's bitter, brutal and brilliant.

"Around half the profits from Product Red products goes straight into the bank accounts of executives at enormous corporations, who use it to alleviate chronic luxury car famines.

Lizzie Matumba, 14, of
Ivory Coast, said: 'The knowledge that Steve Jobs arrives at Product
Red press conferences in a brand new Aston Martin has made the death of my entire village much easier to bear.'"

As the head of the "Institude for Greed" says, it's "revolutionised the way rich westerners made themselves feel better about hellish Third World poverty."

Source [Daily Mash via Fake Steve Jobs]