Rekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoApple signs meaningless deal to make some less-important parts in Americawww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkApple signs meaningless deal to make some less-important parts in Americawww.theregister.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.socialM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 days ago though those parts will still be shipped overseas for final assembly Then shipped back to the states to be sold? Really? That sounds less economic and worse on the environment.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoYep. But it’s still cheaper. Until it’s not cheaper, most companies will do it thanks to profit being valued above absolutely everything else. That’s supposed to be the purpose of things like… Tariffs…
minus-squareRekall Incorporated@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoThis is a standard model for electronics manufacturing.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoMight be “standard” but it’s still stupid.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoNot just electronics, but a lot of things. Clothes can be worse in some ways. A single shirt might travel to like four different countries, one of them just to get a tag sewed on.
Then shipped back to the states to be sold? Really? That sounds less economic and worse on the environment.
Yep. But it’s still cheaper. Until it’s not cheaper, most companies will do it thanks to profit being valued above absolutely everything else.
That’s supposed to be the purpose of things like… Tariffs…
This is a standard model for electronics manufacturing.
Might be “standard” but it’s still stupid.
Not just electronics, but a lot of things.
Clothes can be worse in some ways. A single shirt might travel to like four different countries, one of them just to get a tag sewed on.