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No. Parts sourcing is not even close to getting your pals that you know at the factory to slip in a custom assembly run, just paying the absolutely minimal cost
by solve 13y ago
No. Parts sourcing is not even close to getting your pals that you know at the factory to slip in a custom assembly run, just paying the absolutely minimal costs and nearly 100% of the money going to the very bottom $1/hour end-workers.
There's an assumption that price=quality. That's ok, until we get into the extreme cases. We're talking about the extreme limits of how cheaply this could be done. The prices of the raw materials are not high, they're not made of solid gold or rare-earth materials. Assembly costs almost nothing.
- sliverstorm 13y agoWe're talking about the extreme limits of how cheaply this could be done. When was the last time you trusted your life to something that boldly tested the limits of that edge?
- solve 13y agoEvery day? You think the products you use every day aren't maximized for profit?
- sliverstorm 13y agoTo a company with a presence & reputation in the American market, "profit" consideres reputation and repeat customers. To a fly-by-night foreign company with no name, "profit" begins and ends at the point of sale.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago> To a company with a presence & reputation in the American market, "profit" consideres reputation and repeat customers. Not true. Think about all those telcos, ISPs, car producers, etc. that just sell bad products and services, don't give a damn about their customers and still profit. Unfortunately, business at large figured out how to be malicious to customers without losing money.