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Reading this site on iPad and chrome activates an ad/dialog that sends me to luckyguys-dot-top, which locks my iPad in a never-ending series of “Congrats lucky iPad user!” dialog boxes.
Ok, we switched to Reuters from https://www.anandtech.com/show/14930/samsung-stops-productio... .
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Apple should do it because it’s morally right.
Why?
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Apple should do it because it’s morally right.
Why?
Because China is an authoritarian regime that imprisons, and sometimes kills, people for their opinions.
Because China systematically destroyed one of the oldest and most peaceful cultures the world has ever seen in Tibet.
Because China put 100's of 1000's of Muslims in concentration camps. A program which is still happening by all (non Chinese government) accounts.
And so on.
Not that Apple makes decisions based on moral considerations.
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Ok, we switched to Reuters from https://www.anandtech.com/show/14930/samsung-stops-productio... .
Dang, this is the second time today an Anandtech article has been causing ad issues. I commented earlier about it happening to me but on a different article.
China can do without Samsung phones, the market is a political stake against Samsung and Korea, but their OLED and RAM are needed there, at least for now.
Samsung already makes most of their phones in Vietnam. Not a huge difference, other than the lack of tariffs. https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/04/12/why-samsung-of-sou...
My previous phone was a Samsung Galaxy S5 and I was surprised to find out that it was made in Korea. Manufacturing in Korea certainly didn't seem to harm Samsung's financial prospects back then, and the phone wasn't any more expensive than its Made-in-China competitors. I have zero reservations about South Korea's workers' rights protections, workplace health and safety, and environmental regulations.
Too often the discussion becomes:
1. We shouldn't manufacture in China
2. We can't afford to manufacture in US/EU
3. Let's just manufacture in Vietnam/Cambodia/Myanmar instead
When it should be:
a. We shouldn't manufacture in non-democratic countries
b. Let's manufacture in democratic countries instead
In addition to tariffs, they were effectively training their competitors in China. Manufacturing in China just accelerates the rate of IP theft.
https://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-foldable-screen-tec...
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I wonder why more producers haven't made this move? If Vietnam is there as far as infrastructure goes and they have the skilled/unskilled labor why is this not a more popular move. Also when we say "make" I assume we mean "assembles". Somewhat anecdotally I recently purchased a laptop and tried to find one that wasn't made in China and it was nigh on impossible.
Because most major manufacturers are mainly Chinese now(Huawei/Xiaomi/Oppo), and China is the NO1 market, why leave China? Samsung had been irrelevant in China for some years now, like below 1% market share. It just can't compete US is by far the only market that Chinese phones haven't dominated, but that is for a reason. Buying an Android in US there has surprising limited choices, Samsung/OnePlus/Pixel in that Orde…
In addition to tariffs, they were effectively training their competitors in China. Manufacturing in China just accelerates the rate of IP theft.
Not even President Trump can make Apple do that