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"If iphones were charged with US labor costs then nobody would buy them" idk, people pay premium for avocado sandwich a lof of cali folks certainly would do t

• tzs 1y ago
  For most people who aren't very wealthy there is a huge difference between something making their $10 sandwich become a $20 sandwich and something making their $1000 phone become a $2000 phone. Also, people are generally more flexible with sandwiches. If the $10 sandwich I have once a week goes to $20 I might respond be switching to having that sandwich every other week and get something else on the alternate weeks. That won't work for a phone because I generally replace my phones when the old phone is no longer adequate.
  • vel0city 1y ago
    If I'm buying 3 sandwiches a week most weeks of the year (or similar eating out) that's like 150 meals a year. Adding an extra $10 to that is $1,500. I might get a new phone every 2-3 years. A $1,000 increase in my phone cost is $333-500/yr on average. And honestly if they jump $1,000 I'll probably try even harder to stretch it out another year or more. A $10 sandwich going to $20 is probably going to be far more impactful to my budget than a phone going up $1,000 in price.
• tonyhart7 1y ago
  idk why people have negative sentiment on this its the same like "health" food product vs industrial food You can have option for product that got manufactured on US soil to support US worker vs cheaper product that manufactured in Asia because cheaper wages in fact European,Asian country do this all the time