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I suppose this means Wisconsin is SOL. https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/foxconn_wisconsin_factory/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/foxconn_wiscons

• missedthecue 4y ago
  They were never going to build Apple products there though. That was for LCD television components.
  • ziddoap 4y ago
    I don't think the point they were making was about Apple products being built there, but that Foxconn continues to put their attention elsewhere with other projects.
    • stingrae 4y ago
      For Foxconn, making Apple happy is the most important thing they can do. It will always get priority over anything else.
    • kube-system 4y ago
      Foxconn has 1.3 million employees, I don't think it's really that easy to divide their attention.
    • tunap 4y ago
      Sort of both points. They have a plant built and they have yet to put it to use. All the while, they are opening new factories elsewhere. From TFA: >Foxconn also reportedly considered using the site to make electric vehicles and other electronics, but nothing has come of any of its announcements.
  • tunap 4y ago
    And now they're not making LCDs. Or, anything else there. While building new facilities where the labor is cheap, despite the PR grandstanding a few years back. Sounds to me like WI is SOL.
• r00fus 4y ago
  Most likely Foxconn/WI just crony capitalism and political circus. Numerous articles over the past years about complete lack of delivery by Foxconn and lack of political followthrough from WI state government.
  • aaronbrethorst 4y ago
    Let's be clear about what actually happened here: Donald Trump and Scott Walker wanted a 'win,' Foxconn was able to get some terrific subsidies, and Wisconsinites got a raw deal out of it. https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/foxconn_wisconsin_factory/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/foxconn_wisconsin_fac...
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• hindsightbias 4y ago
  Americans got fat and have all those child labor laws. And yet the kids can’t find work…