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Re:America Is Losing the Shoe Race with China by silisili on Saturday June 15, 2024 @01:04PM (#40690993)
He's lying. The people who build his phones in China do so for less than $3 per hour. That sounds pretty low labor cost to me.

Sure, one could probably find even lower labor costs elsewhere, and the infra in place is definitely a benefit, but let's not pretend we couldn't just as easily do it in the US if it weren't for those pesky labor costs.

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Re:America Is Losing the Shoe Race with China by ajsnigrutin on Saturday June 15, 2024 @04:46PM (#40692580)
There are many places where labour is cheaper than china.

But then you visit one of the electronics markets in shenzen, and see why everything is still there. Just look at eg. "strange parts" videos on youtube. Need 64 gig memory chips for iphones? Just visit a physical store and buy a few. Need more? Just ask the guy there, and he'll find someone to sell them to you. Walmart ordered christmas ornaments from your plastic company? Need blinking led modules? There are 5 companies nearby that will sell them to you, and you can get them in days, not months. Something like this doesn't exist anywhere else.

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