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Depending on how you count Chinese made, I'd think it would in many cases mean being stuck with no technology. What smartphone is made anywhere else? I'm pretty
by silverquiet 3y ago
Depending on how you count Chinese made, I'd think it would in many cases mean being stuck with no technology. What smartphone is made anywhere else? I'm pretty sure all the computers I've bought in the last two decades have been primarily manufactured in China. I'm sure some of the work could be "friend-shored" or whatever, but the whole thing seems like it would take more effort than we've got in us.
I don't think we much care about the future we create for children at this point, particularly if there's money to be made today.
- georgeburdell 3y agoOne of the ways I “get around” this rule in areas where China has taken over that industry already is to buy used. Sometimes that used stuff is made in China.
- silverquiet 3y agoIt doesn't feel like a totally satisfying answer, but I tend to agree. Personally I just bought an old Macbook Air and installed Pop!_OS on it and love it. I was thinking more in terms of being green and saving some bucks rather than political reasons, but I suppose it's a factor as well. I also run a business on off-lease servers, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is on that (though again it's more about avoiding the big cloud oligarchs and saving some money there as well).
- tooltalk 3y ago>> What smartphone is made anywhere else? << smartphones are "assembled" and "packaged" in China. Most components, or over 90%, in Apple iPhones are sourced from non-Chinese sources; then imported into China for assembly and packaging; then exported out to the world. The world's largest smartphone maker, Samsung, pulled out of China and closed the last factory in 2019 -- they are either made in Vietnam, India, or South Korea.
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