They are promising to gut the CHIPS Act which would be needed to even think about doing this.
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Can't have a Biden law. Biden introduced that so it must be bad for the US.
I ran into this at work today. Proposed a very simple approach for something to an architect and an engineering lead. Engineering lead said this was a practical solution that solves a problem that's been plaguing them for two years. The architect nearly immediately said, "well, the real source is a mainframe that was stood up in the very early 80s. Let's ignore the fact that changing it takes an act of Congress or that we have multiple modern downstream systems between it and us that are a much better home for this new function."
It really seemed to amount to, "I didn't come up with this, therefore I don't support it."
Ah, corporate politics.
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Apple tried this in the past. Who knew making special little screws was way more expensive to make in the US. Kind of sucks when you outsource all of your manufacturing ...
Kind of sucks when you outsource all of your manufacturing …
It's kind of awesome for everyone if you don't piss off your trading partners. It happens in the first place because it's better for everyone involved! It's a consensual arrangement that parties only engage in because it is in their interests.
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Don't be so negative. By 2035, a 2500 dollar us made iPhone might be possible.
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Just ask AI to do it for you
They'll slash wages and say it's because of AI, and it is. But not because AI actually makes the process any more efficient, but just that it's a good excuse to slash wages.
Of course it is. They want 1500 bucks for something with a few hundred dollars of overhead. R and d not withstanding they'll want the same amount of profit for the phone if it's made in America and profits have to increase year after year! They can't make a little less profit they have to make more than before!
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They already tried "made in America" Apple products and they did not sell! Americans don't want to pay $5K for an iPhone when they can pay 80% less for one made in China.
Trump "saving" America from anything is pure fantasy true, and yet he got elected - TWICE. The fantasy of idiocracy is reality. Make people desperate enough for work by gutting minimum wage, Medicare, and everything else MAGA plans to do to create a feudal system, and the US becomes a cheap labor source to sell US-made iPhones and all kinds of other shit abroad. Either get used to that reality or figure out what to do about it.
In the meantime, the Liberty phone seems to be the closest option for a US-made smartphone. While not entirely comprised of US-sourced components, the PCBs are manufactured in California, as well as device packaging and assembly.
April 10 update: Right on time, the author of the OP's linked article has now published an article on the Liberty phone.
Decade old specs for decade in the future price.
I have not looked beyond the front page of the link you shared here, and I don't mean my criticism to be more than tongue in cheek, but oh boy, $2k for that is.... Something.
There was article written by their former marketing director or something stating that the CPU, GPU and stuff are still sourced from China, and other places as well. They hide it from you. So like it's an eye-watering price for old specs and doesn't really deliver what it says it does.
Found the link: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4305815/why-i-wont-be-buying-purisms-librem-liberty-smartphone-even-though-i-love-the-idea
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The fact they made it possible is impressive in itself. Sure it's not competitive for the latest games or such, but society is more and more reliant on smartphones, so having a local option is valuable in itself.
It's a bit like countries making their own planes instead of buying the F-35, which is better and cheaper. They looked stupid at the time, until Trump came back and it turned out strategic autonomy had value.
As for the price, probably it is due to small production ; but also simply underlines how we got used to not paying the "true" price of things, by moving production to places with cheaper costs & labor.
That last part for sure resonates. I can't remember if I said it here or elsewhere, but our prices have been subsidized by substandard working conditions in China, there is no way around it. And all because large corporations wanted to make more money. And we, as consumers, shouted a resounded "hell yeah" to those Chinese suicides at Foxcon, because we wanted cheaper components and cheaper phones.
And so I basically don't know how I feel about anything. I try to be more cognizant about what I buy, where it's from, how it's made, but the speed and ease, and basically not having to think, sometimes trumps those thoughts.
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