3 ms·
I couldn't care less where my item is produced. It just so happens that a large variety of high-end products are produced at a higher level of quality (and cost
by deaddodo 3y ago
I couldn't care less where my item is produced. It just so happens that a large variety of high-end products are produced at a higher level of quality (and cost, generally) in the West (including S Korea and Japan); but if someone introduced me to a Nigerian, Mexican, Thai, etc product that surpassed my current choice, I would switch in an instant.
I don't understand caring at all about the source, unless there is some fundamental moral hangup with it (such as blood diamonds, for instance).
- zaphirplane 3y agoMost people don’t buy 500 cars or 390 tv. It’s just about reputation and isn’t branding a reputation. Cars made in foo are good, tv made is bar have bad QA
- rvnx 3y agoPrivacy laws are different depending on the country of the publisher of the software. Generally European countries provide the best protections and the fact it is published in Japan may imply that the US laws don’t apply there (and be a + or not)
- pil0u 3y agoSome people care about items not travelling twice the globe before landing home. Other people care about work conditions for the produced items they buy, namely not manufactured by children, for which country origin could be an indicator.
- deaddodo 3y ago> unless there is some fundamental moral hangup with it
- Xeamek 3y ago>Some people care about items not travelling twice the globe before landing home Which is pretty dumb thing to care about, since these journeys have minimal carbon footprint, compared to something like local delivery
- alwyn 3y agoCan you elaborate on the minimal carbon footprint in this context?
- thefounder 3y agoHow can you evaluate the quality of a product that was not built yet?