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>Counterpoint: even if we ignored the fact that you cannot possibly produce the volumes of chips necessary at the price necessary in your country rather than in
by xienze 8y ago
>Counterpoint: even if we ignored the fact that you cannot possibly produce the volumes of chips necessary at the price necessary in your country rather than in "we don't have to acknowledge all the human rights violations" countries, why would you believe this problem goes away if chip manufacturing were done in your own country, rather than another?
It's certainly easier to enforce laws and observe manufacturing processes at domestic factories than it is at factories thousands of miles away in a country that actively encourages IP theft and other wrongdoings, don't you think?
- TheRealPomax 8y agoNot really, no. Why do you think it be easier to police? In concrete terms: who do you expect to do the policing? Because this is the kind of work that requires an expert, to catch an expert, messing with a product created by people 100% ignorant of _what_ they're making. Just _that_ they're making them. Where are you going find enough experts to check the work of even a single production line?
- Erlich_Bachman 8y agoBecause "thousands of miles away in a country that actively encourages IP theft and other wrongdoings". It makes perfect sense. If you don't think that, try to run any business in another country. It's just obvious that it would be easier to do domestically. You just list other set of problems. Those problems only get compounded if we'are talking about another country.