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Re:Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' l... by josephcsible on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:27AM (#32357535)
> Stop manufacturing in China? That's... ambitious.

Apple's profit margins are so high that they'd probably still be positive even if they did this without raising prices at all. (Remember nobody's saying they should have to move manufacturing to the US. There are plenty of countries with low labor costs that are less evil than China.)

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Re:Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' l... by throwaway_4ever on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:50AM (#32357868)
Apple has repeatedly said that it’s not China’s cheaper labor. They don’t have as cheap labor anymore, especially compared to India, Vietnam, Philippines, etc. they say it’s because of the complex specialized knowledge of suppliers around Shenzhen and I’m inclined to believe them. You can choose to not trust them.
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Re:Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' l... by babypuncher on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:22PM (#32359117)
Even for a company like Apple it will take years to move manufacturing out of China.

This is also something they are already in the process of doing. They have been significantly ramping up manufacturing in Vietnam and India.

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