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Is this sarcastic? It does read like it. I’ll take it on face value: Cause domestic manufacturing for hobbyist parts is not economically viable
by yapyap 1y ago
Is this sarcastic? It does read like it.
I’ll take it on face value:
Cause domestic manufacturing for hobbyist parts is not economically viable
- idiotsecant 1y agoI wonder how that additional cost breaks down. Is it mostly cost of labor? Supply chain access? Environmental controls and compliance? Other overheads not present in China? Is economically viable production possible in the US?
- Aurornis 1y agoFor hobby parts? It’s not viable because you’d be setting up a manufacturing operation to serve a small number of people. The fixed costs would be so high you’d never get it back. Contrast that with someone setting up an operation to serve the entire world, a market 1000 times larger than many localities.
- michaelt 1y agoIf you're smart enough to design and build a LIDAR, you're smart enough to make $200,000 a year working for the big adtech companies. You'd need an enormous hobbyist robotics market to be able to sustain a business making and selling $60 LIDARs with that wage bill.