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Apple Has Relied More on China-Based Engineers During Pandemic
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You're telling Apple to get out of China, and yet you don't have any suggestions where.
Apple sells around 200 million iPhones a year and about 20-25 million Macs. If Apple is to move to other locations those locations needs to support those numbers. They also need to support models changing every year, and big ramp ups and downs.
Or do you argue Apple should produce less iPhones and Macs?
Apple has done a great work. But Apple should diversify and manufacture more outside China.
American and European consumers might boycott their products, but your point is taken.
And if Taiwan's chip-manufacturing facilities are damaged? I just think Apple has too many eggs in one basket, let alone the moral issues associated with manufacturing in the PRC.
So something that isn't wrong is still "nonsense" because you don't like where it is going? We've had two year's worth of unproven, non-peered reviewed garbage forced on us, destroying the world economy, and all of it was wrong. You have issues with one report that says hey it looks like we went overboard for no reason?
There is no report that shows the masks most of us wore (with the exception of N95's) did anything to protect us. They even have it written on the side of the box.
🤣 Seriously, is that what you want to use as your argument for wearing a mask? Do you wear a motorcycle helmet when walking down the street in case you slip and fall?
A good part of it. However I did read The Real Anthony Fauci and have good enough reason to believe this is all horse 💩 from what Fauci did during the AIDS/HIV epidemic. And what Bill Gates has done to the medical community over the last 20 years.
They counted poeple with 4 or more comorbidities as C19 deaths. Motorcycle accidents, gun shots, it was a completely fabricated number. And Omicron was nothing more than a cold.
+1 social credit point for the use of "white men". +1 social credit point for mentioning China GDP. +1 social credit point for mentioning China is freedom. +1 social credit point for mentioning Europe is lesser. +1 for not mentioning the atrocities of China slavery. +10 for the use of sinophobia.
Congratulations, you are now entitled to have one extra portion of food this week.
The Evolving Science of Face Masks and COVID-19 - FactCheck.org
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending that members of the public mask up last spring, additional research has backed the use of face masks to combat the coronavirus, but knowledge gaps still remain. Here, we summarize the evidence.
Not sure why you are defending China. There are plenty of other places that there is cheaper labor that doesn't have the level of problems China does. Getting out of China is for everyone's benefit except for the pocketbook.
The language used in any of these "fact checks" is ridiculous. Using vague terms as "appeared to" or "increase of cases" tells you nothing. Even the science himself told us not to bother wearing them.The Evolving Science of Face Masks and COVID-19 - FactCheck.org
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending that members of the public mask up last spring, additional research has backed the use of face masks to combat the coronavirus, but knowledge gaps still remain. Here, we summarize the evidence.www.factcheck.org
The reality is these masks did more harm than good. The lowered 02 levels, kept virus and other contaminants directly against your nose and mouth. Prevented developing children from learning important facial expressions during communication. Created serious psychological issues for hundreds of thousands of people terrified to walk out the door without one, even drive their own car without one. And were proven to be a complete sham shown by numerous "elites" immediately removing theirs when they thought the cameras were off.
You want to wear yours, fine. Go for it. My family did not. The teams I coached did not. The teams I played on did not, and we all lived just fine. Although ironically those with the clot shot seemed to do a little worse when they got the virus.
Why? What has china ever done to you except making products more affordable for you?
Personally, covid and 2 years of ********. To the world, currently committing genocide, smashing free speech and democracy in Hong Kong, and I'm sure Taiwan is in their sights, backing Russia economically. The people and country of China are amazing. I'd love to visit someday, but with the current regime, no thanks and we should do everything we can to cut ties.
Hmm. Maybe all those Apple workers complaining about going into the office are about to find out what a truly remote workforce might look like? 🤔
Stop with the juvenile personal attacks.
Tell me how many iPhones India and Vietnam can manufacture/test/ship per day.
Thats what every western company thinks. There was a time when there were 10 American tv makers and they did not worry about the Japanese companies building low end knock offs. The car market was dominated by American companies who also did not take foreign competition seriously. Now we have China with faster super computers than the US, a stealth fighter almost like our F22, and a new aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults like our most advanced new carrier. In reality, Apple's edge has been fading on all fronts.
There are wide spread reports of ethnic Uighur being used for slave labor. At first it was just picking cotton in Xinjiang. But later evidence has suggested that these people who are imprisoned, tortured, gang raped (men and women both), and having their organs harvested for wealthy foreigners are pressed into work gangs, and then sent all over China to work in for free essentially - for the profit of their overlords. There are international reports about the organ harvesting and concentration camps.
There is also a documentary movie for purchase on Amazon Prime about someone in the US who bought a toy, and found a hidden message inside that the workers were slave workers in China. The movie attempts to unravel the mystery.
The most recent Chinese Nobel laureate died in prison. His crime was suggesting democratic elections in China.
Thats the country that Apple has been supporting and sending money and technology too.
No leap at all. Every single Chinese business and entity automatically shares all their info with the CCP. You might recall the Chinese doctor who was arrested because he simply warned other doctors in private messages about the Wuhan virus. Other Chinese have made comments in the US, and are arrested on arrival in China. Just yesterday I saw a show where they say that users of Weibo and WeChat have their exact location automatically attached to their posts. Combine that with a very hostile anti-US, anti-West, anti-Ukraine, militaristic propaganda, then you see their attitude.
You are 100% right. The world is waking up to the threat of this "friendly" dictatorship involved in concentration camps and organ harvesting. They spend tons of money influencing the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Korea, and EU with their hoards of trolls and propagandists.
Aren't they called Wumai? I saw a show recently where the Chinese are forcing inmates to be pro-CCP trolls on western media. The Chinese government spends more on internal security than they spend on their massive bloated Peoples Liberation Army.
Amazing how many things China now has that's almost like ours, including our rocket and missile technology. 🤔
That's like saying there was too much Xenophobia against Nazi Germany. China is a great nation and full of great people, but the regime that's running it are genocidal authoritarians.