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Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by 908B64B197 on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:52PM (#36263258)
It's completely self-inflicted.

Duties, tariffs, out of control regulations and taxes to pay for underperforming civil servant's pension funds. It all adds up.

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Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by mrguyorama on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:57PM (#36263325)
Also worker protections, public safety nets, and a general desire to not let corporations chew up and spit out people as if they were iron ore.
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Re:Mechanical Apple Watch from Real E-Waste Apple Watch by ChuckNorris89 on Friday June 09, 2023 @04:44PM (#36263929)
Workers protections have nothing to do with consumer prices.
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