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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by Alien1Being on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:23AM (#50403565)
The problems with Australia are:

1. The terrible quality of the locally manufactured items. I am in Sydney and will absolutely not buy anything marked Made In Australia. I have been burnt too many times.

2. The nearly 100% mortality rate among the companies.

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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by unrented7977 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:47AM (#50405009)
Companies survive longer when you buy from them
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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by ragebol on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:59PM (#50407516)
> you

No, that is only one customer. There need to be lots of customers for a company to survive. So, ideally you recommend, based on good quality.

You take a bit of a gamble if you need warranty or customer service later on.

Some sort of network effect again, I suppose. There's a better term that's can't find now.

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Re:I Toured Unitree's Factory. I'm More Bullish on the West by Alien1Being on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:41AM (#50411197)
People tend to buy from companies with reasonable quality products.

Australian made products unfortunately do not pass that initial hurdle..

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