Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by mouse_ on Thursday January 25, 2024 @08:57PM
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"Made in USA" is disingenuous, at best.
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Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by fsflover on Friday January 26, 2024 @06:00AM
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Care to elaborate? AFAIK it's well regulated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA
Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by bitwize on Friday January 26, 2024 @06:58AM
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It also means the phone costs over $2000.
Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by nickserv on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:19AM
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That's probably the real price if you add in the externalities like workplace and environmental regulations which don't apply to Chinese products.
Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by fsflover on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:15AM
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So what? Where are the cheaper alternatives?
Re:Purism Liberty Phone to Be Featured in Orpheum Films Coll...
by snakeyjake on Friday January 26, 2024 @01:25PM
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If you want to play the "where is this ACTUALLY made" game you can play it all of the way back to the origin of the crude oil refined into diesel for the excavator that scooped up the raw silicon.
"Made in Alberta"
That being said, many ICs are still made in the USA. They might be packaged in Singapore or elsewhere, but they are lithograph'd in Texas, Virginia, and other places in the US.