Subj : Re: Trump still wants App
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat May 17 2025 09:41:00

>  MP> In some ways, Apple is bringing iPhone manufacturing back to the US in
>  MP> that some iPhone components may be built in those new factories, and
>  MP> Apple Intelligence, though not a physical product, could live in those
>  MP> servers  being built in Houston.

>  MP> I worry, though, that that won't satisfy Trump's binary thinking. He
>  MP> clearly does not understand how technology is built or why it has long
>  MP> been built outside the US. Trump believes, for example, that Apple built
>  MP> the iPhone assembly factories in China. But those are Foxconn
>  MP> facilities, and that company also builds the products for companies like
>  MP> Nintendo and Google.

> This reporter doesn't explain why "technology" (whatever he means by that) is
> better off being built outside the USA. Higher cost maybe? Maybe. We'll have t
> see how it goes. Worst case scenario: People will have to pay more money to be
> propagated by Apple.

In the case of phones, I am pretty sure it would be higher cost -- workers
are paid much less in those areas vs. the US going rate.  Not sure about
phones, but I know that CRTs used to be built, and disposed of, in other
countries that were not so concerned about handling the toxins used in the
tubes.


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