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Well... everyone could stop buying stuff on Amazon when you know it's mostly made in China, but then again everyone wants cheap 'stuff' (and iPhones).

croes 6y ago
And than? The whole system depends on cheap supply of goods. Look what happend during the lookdown in China And it's not people want cheap stuff, most only can afford cheap stuff. Money is a finite source, the more some people have, the less have others.
- mas3god 6y ago
  We can get cheaper goods from other developing nations
  - croes 6y ago
    Lower quality or equal worse human rights. You need a lot of man power and environmental ignorance to feed our needs.
    - Nginx487 6y ago
      China became a synonym of low quality, whereas Vietnam has an experience of being production hub for Nokia in a best company's years. Also, there are few countries where situation with human rights worse than in China. In India and Vietnam it is definitely better.
- lallysingh 6y ago
  We buy a lot more than what we need, and typically disposable versions of that stuff.
maxwell 6y ago
The U.S. could follow India and adopt mandatory country of origin declaration requirements for ecommerce sellers. [1, 2] Apple has shifted some manufacturing/assembly of iPhones to India, seemingly mostly for the local market [3] and perhaps EU [4], and AirPods to Vietnam [5]. 1. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must-state-country-of-origin-says-centre/article32166176.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must... 2. https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/e-commerce-rules-country-of-origin-labels-platforms-not-just-anti-china-atmanirbhar-bharat https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/e-commerce-rules-cou... 3. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/24/iphone-se-assembled-in-india https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/24/iphone-se-assembled-in-... 4. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/11/apple-exporting-iphone-india-europe/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/11/apple-exporting-iphone-... 5. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/22/new-2021-airpods-and-airpods-pro-to-be-made-in-vietnam https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/22/new-2021-airpods-...

croes 6y ago

And than? The whole system depends on cheap supply of goods. Look what happend during the lookdown in China And it's not people want cheap stuff, most only can afford cheap stuff. Money is a finite source, the more some people have, the less have others.

mas3god 6y ago
We can get cheaper goods from other developing nations
- croes 6y ago
  Lower quality or equal worse human rights. You need a lot of man power and environmental ignorance to feed our needs.
  - Nginx487 6y ago
    China became a synonym of low quality, whereas Vietnam has an experience of being production hub for Nokia in a best company's years. Also, there are few countries where situation with human rights worse than in China. In India and Vietnam it is definitely better.
lallysingh 6y ago
We buy a lot more than what we need, and typically disposable versions of that stuff.

maxwell 6y ago

The U.S. could follow India and adopt mandatory country of origin declaration requirements for ecommerce sellers. [1, 2] Apple has shifted some manufacturing/assembly of iPhones to India, seemingly mostly for the local market [3] and perhaps EU [4], and AirPods to Vietnam [5]. 1. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must-state-country-of-origin-says-centre/article32166176.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must... 2. https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/e-commerce-rules-country-of-origin-labels-platforms-not-just-anti-china-atmanirbhar-bharat https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/e-commerce-rules-cou... 3. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/24/iphone-se-assembled-in-india https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/24/iphone-se-assembled-in-... 4. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/11/apple-exporting-iphone-india-europe/ https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/11/apple-exporting-iphone-... 5. https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/22/new-2021-airpods-and-airpods-pro-to-be-made-in-vietnam https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/22/new-2021-airpods-...