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This is not good.
by a_lifters_life 7y ago
This is not good.
- pier25 7y agoMost Apple products are manufactured in China and have been for years.
- fortran77 7y agoBut in big letters above it are "DESIGNED IN CALIFORNIA" and that deception works for most people.
- nottorp 7y agoFunny, when i see "designed in california" i think "warm all year round, so that's why my iphone shuts down when i take it out in the -20 C winter air". They should try to design in more places with varying climates. And considering the shitty mbpro keyboard, they should also try taking their laptops shudder outside to see how they work in a dusty environment.
- addicted 7y agoThe vast majority of profits go to Apple in the US, so I’m not sure why everyone is so focused on China. I believe we’ve previously seen research that of a $700 iphone, only $30-40 goes to China. Edit: Here’s the link https://theconversation.com/we-estimate-china-only-makes-8-46-from-an-iphone-and-thats-why-trumps-trade-war-is-futile-99258 https://theconversation.com/we-estimate-china-only-makes-8-4... I was wrong. They estimated only about $8 of the $240 manufacturing cost of an iPhone goes to China. Edit x2: I remember why I misremembered the number. I had taken a worst case scenario and assumed that the entire unidentified $21 went to China. It then adds up to $30.
- fortran77 7y agoYes, but still the "DESIGNED IN CALIFORNIA" is meant to counteract the "Made In" designation (which is a legal requirement) beneath it. Perhaps we need labeling which says what country gets most of the money!
- povertyworld 7y agoThe article reveals that the people working the Mac Pro assembly line in Texas where paid the minimum wage which in Texas is currently $7.25 an hour. When the plant closes, those guys can apply to any fast food place in Austin, and make the same money.
- dwighttk 7y ago>but might have been even lower in 2013 $7.25 has been the federal minimum wage since 2009
- walterbell 7y agoThe lost Apple jobs shrink the Austin market for labor.
- LIV2 7y agoApple paying their workers the absolute minimum required by law is also not good, they have almost 1 trillion dollars ffs
- lelima 7y agoSo if they have 5000 people working there, 5000 people will be looking for those "McJobs". Many of them won't find another job, or at least not quick enough to provide food on the table.
- povertyworld 7y agoAccording to the article, demand for the Mac Pro tapered off years ago, and they were down to "a skeleton crew". The original plant opening had some kind of tax deal for "up to 500 jobs", so even at peak it was not making a huge difference. Texas supposedly has a 3.8% unemployment rate right now, so there is apparently a lot of work available. I like Apple, but assembling the Mac Pro in Texas was overrated.
- departure 7y agoAustin is so expensive even fast food places advertise $14 an hr.