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Re:Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US... by hedora on Monday April 07, 2025 @10:40PM (#43617875)
Assembly plants are easier to spin up than, say fabs. Foxconn is doing exactly that:

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6068073

Not sure how many jobs that translates to. Their assembly lines are incredibly automated, so many of them require advanced degrees will pay well. There’s probably also some manual assembly work too.

Re:Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US... by re-thc on Monday April 07, 2025 @11:34PM (#43618133)
> Foxconn is doing exactly that

They did too in Wisconsin in 2017. /s

Let’s see when it actually happens.