Tim Cook explains why Apple chooses China for manufacturing.

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It started as cheap labor, then they became highly skilled and invested in manufacturing infrastructure, meanwhile we forgot how to build at scale and became reliant on them to do anything. Then they raised the costs of labor and now we have no other option.

Bold faced lie. Apple China pays factory workers 2.60-2.90 per hour. Or 87% less than he would have to pay them in America . Apple hasn’t meaningfully changed their phone in years. Biggest rip off of the decade.

Don’t people literally throw themselves off of Apples factories so much that they had to install suicide prevention netting?

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@gave_vincent And yet, India now manufactures 25% of iPhone vs 0% five years ago. Vietnam now produces 20% of iPad and watches vs 0% five years ago.

Evolution of the iPhone...

In recent weeks and months, I've watched your account boost Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Zuckerberg (if memory serves), and now Tim Cook.. I'm curious as to what this cheering on of our most corrupt financial powers has to do with 'history'?

"A lot of people think we manufacture there because the labor cost is lower but that's not true any longer. It could be higher for all I care, I just don't want to give good manufacturing jobs to Americans. I mean hell, I love exploiting slave labor in foreign countries so much I'd pay more for it if I had to!"