MFP purchased by Under Armour
http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/04/athletic-apparel-company-under-armour-snatches-up-health-and-fitness-trackers-endomondo-and-myfitnesspal/
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/under-armour-acquires-endomondo-and-myfitnesspal-to-establish-the-worlds-largest-digital-health-and-fitness-community-300030949.html
Congrats guys!
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/under-armour-acquires-endomondo-and-myfitnesspal-to-establish-the-worlds-largest-digital-health-and-fitness-community-300030949.html
Congrats guys!
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Damnit...nike has trendier uniforms. At least it wasn't adidas.0
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I dont know if this is good or bad, i know other apps UA has bought are loaded with ads and subscriptions to use features0
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Why do I keep seeing this post? Can this one not get deleted please?0
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this one got bumped...this was the first one of its kind on the chit chat AFIK.0
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Got it. Thanks..... BUMP0
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Oh well, I prefer Puma and Adidas myself....0
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.0
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haha I started a thread like this earlier, it lasted 5 minutes before being shut down. See if this one will last.0
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I really hope that UA doesn't remove the ability to sync with competitor's gear (fitbit, withings, etc) in favor of their own CRAP. They've already ruined MapMyFitness with ads and subscription CRAP.
This is horrible news!0 -
Mapmyrun is powered by under UA0
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the world economy as we know it only exists right now due to cheap labor somewhere...0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry!
Haha, I can just imagine something like General Mills running MFP.
"Your carbohydrate intake is under 80%. Some doctors believe this will cause your flesh to slough off, leading to an agonizing death. Eat some Cheerios immediately; they're basically heart medicine."
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Nope. But I am aware that my computer will probably be recycled in the third world, possibly by children breathing the fumes. All of you, 'it's okay because that's how the world is and we shouldn't fight it' people only add to the problem. We should do what we can to hold everyone we work for, buy from, or fund with tax dollars accountable in every little way we can.0 -
undergloom wrote: »Cool. So glad it's not the food industry!
Haha, I can just imagine something like General Mills running MFP.
"Your carbohydrate intake is under 80%. Some doctors believe this will cause your flesh to slough off, leading to an agonizing death. Eat some Cheerios immediately; they're basically heart medicine."
Haha! Wouldn't be surprised at all. I think Kraft or someone owns one of the diet food companies, too. I'd much rather this site be run by anyone doing anything fitness related rather than food.0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
you obviously know nothing about Nike then. Do you even know who Phil Knight?0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
you obviously know nothing about Nike then. Do you even know who Phil Knight?
Have they changed in the past two or three years? I'd be willing to read third party, reliable citations of improvement as evidence if you would like to point me toward any.0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would make 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,000
Makes total sense.0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
At one time Nike refused to even pay Indonesian workers the minimum wage. In addition, there is a documentary floating around of two people who went and lived with Nike workers in China. The conditions were deplorable, the poverty desperate.
Link to documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uYCWVfuPQ
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Does that mean I need to be fit to use MFP now? Under Amour hates fat people!0
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
Of course it. It's like claiming the English landowners who bought the day labor of the starving Irish for a bowl of watery soup were just and moral when they created the conditions in the first place.0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
Of course it. It's like claiming the English landowners who bought the day labor of the starving Irish for a bowl of watery soup were just and moral when they created the conditions in the first place.
They should stop complaining and get better jobs or an education....
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Escloflowne wrote: »Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
Of course it. It's like claiming the English landowners who bought the day labor of the starving Irish for a bowl of watery soup were just and moral when they created the conditions in the first place.
They should stop complaining and get better jobs or an education....
Darn right, hunger and 20 hour work days sharpen the mind. They're wasting those other four hours on sleep. Silly humans!
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Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
Of course it. It's like claiming the English landowners who bought the day labor of the starving Irish for a bowl of watery soup were just and moral when they created the conditions in the first place.
It is?
the average worker in indonesian nike factories makes 3x to 5x the threshold for poverty in that country (poverty level is 200,000 rupiahs per month)
Is a US worker making $70K living in poverty?0 -
Cool. So glad it's not the food industry! And Nike blows, they're some of the worst of the worst when it comes to human rights. I hope underarmor is better. They say they are. Taking at face value until I read otherwise.
the average worker in some Nike factories makes double the median wage of workers in that country. That's like an assembly line worker in the US making almost $100,000 annually. There is a long line of applicants waiting to work there because the conditions and pay is so favorable.
But I guess they should be paid the equivalent of the US median income ($50k per household)? That's fair right? That would mean a worker in Indonesia would 7 times the average income in Indonesia by working at Nike (average income in indonesia is $7000 us dollars adjusted for purchasing power). That's like a US assembly line worker making $300,00
Makes total sense.
Straw Man argument. If we must have capitalism at all (which is debatable but nevermind) people should earn a good wage based on the economies they live in, of course.
However, I did some quick reading just now, and there might be some hope for Nike after all. Found this:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942
Nike ended its relationship with Lyric after its pending production orders were filled last July. It decided it would stick with four other factories in modern buildings in Bangladesh's export-processing zones.
What is straw man about my argument?
The average nike worker in 3rd world countries makes between 100% and 400% of the average national income. Hardly a sweatshop.
What difference does your statistic make, if all it means is that everyone else is also living in dire poverty?
Because it is not poverty. It makes all the difference in the world.
Of course it. It's like claiming the English landowners who bought the day labor of the starving Irish for a bowl of watery soup were just and moral when they created the conditions in the first place.
It is?
the average worker in indonesian nike factories makes 3x to 5x the threshold for poverty in that country (poverty level is 200,000 rupiahs per month)
Is a US worker making $70K living in poverty?
Poverty does not equal your average against the average of everyone else, much less across borders.
If you can't afford decent housing, healthy food, medicine, and to educate and raise your children, you are living in poverty. And yes, many Americans are, as well.0 -
in many urban areas it could be debatable if that were the total household income...but that "poverty" would be quite attractive to the outside world.0
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