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Doesn't seem far enough away or nuclear armed enough to be a very good backup plan.
by nkingsy 4y ago
Doesn't seem far enough away or nuclear armed enough to be a very good backup plan.
- coolspot 4y agoThe main criteria for Apple is how poor and abundant population is.
- MuffinFlavored 4y agoWhere were Apple Watch and MacBook made before Vietnam? Is the answer just China and nowhere else? How much does it cost in that location now compared to what it's going to cost now to make it in Vietnam? How many Vietnam workers is this going to employ, and are they going to be working for like... $3/day?
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoFoxconn employs 1.2M people in China. And Pegatron, 120k. So... a lot of people.
- itake 4y agoApple Watch was China. I think MacBooks where partially made in the US, but I could be wrong. My understanding is the MacBook line (and everything other 'mature' product line) is heavily automated now.
- npn 4y agoMore like $20 a day. But its still dirt cheap compare to developed countries.
- MuffinFlavored 4y agofor how many hours a day, with what kind of PTO/benefits?
- npn 4y agoNice question! To earn $20 a day they certainly would need to work overtime. And there is almost no such thing as benefits.
- hn4000 4y agoNot only how poor and abundant the population is. 'Money is the first thing. Morals follow on.' (based on B. Brecht) From Wikipedia: Democracy Index 2021: Vietnam 131 / China 148 (Norway 1 - best / Afghanistan 167 worst) Freedom In The World 2021: Vietnam 167 / China 184 (Finland 1 - best / Syria 194 - worst)
- fzfaa 4y ago
- shp0ngle 4y agoVietnam is not that poor. Vietnam is MUCH richer than its direct neighbours, Laos and Cambodia. Thailand is richer though. The actual thing is not really poor population, but how easy is to build new factory there. Vietnam has the best thing for that - it is easy to build new stuff there, as the infrastructure exists; however, they absolutely ignore any environmental laws and just spew all waste into rivers and air. Look up Formosa Steel incident - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Vietnam_marine_life_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Vietnam_marine_life_disas... - huge disaster of a Taiwanese company, after which there were big protests. Communist government then arrested all protesters and put them to 20 years in prisons (for protesting against a foreign company!). Nobody protests about environmental waste now.
- rdsnsca 4y agoThe main criteria for every electronics company, singleing out Apple is just BS.
- coolspot 4y agoYes, but this particular news is about Apple.
- mountainb 4y agoIt is a good backup plan for sanctions against China and a blockade or war with Taiwan because of the port facilities, advanced infrastructure, and other advanced industry. For World War 3 it's not necessarily a great plan, but it's as good as any other plan for that scenario.
- coffee_beqn 4y agoVietnam is the most proven country at defeating a super power militarily.
- quickthrower2 4y agoTouche. And if they make the phones somewhere expensive they are guaranteed to go out of business instead of it being a risk.
- abudabi123 4y agoWestmoreland's Operation Fracture Jaw got canned by elite circle in politics and the rest is Rambo Hollywood history boomer tears in beers.
- coffee_beqn 4y agoI hadn’t heard of it. What a terrible plan.