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councilmember t1_iz4foh8 wrote

How about Indiana?

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TK000421 t1_iz4gej7 wrote

No slave labor in Indiana

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Badtrainwreck t1_iz5ppfb wrote

Anywhere within the United States you can hire slave labor, it’s just inmates in correctional facilities. Chinese slaves are also inmates of the government, so it would make sense for them to come to the US if they want legal access to slaves.

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TheFlamingGit t1_iz4omix wrote

"cough" Amazon distribution centers.

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ms-84 t1_iz5dqll wrote

Apples slave labor is a step above even amazon. Amazon pays a decent wage with benefits for a shit work environment. Apple prefers low pay and shit work environment

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[deleted] t1_iz4gxmd wrote

They could but you would complain the products are too expensive.

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councilmember t1_iz4hbz3 wrote

I don’t know what my response to a more expensive cellphone would be, so it’s curious you are so certain. What would your reaction be? How much more expensive? $1000? $600? $200? $40?

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DasDunXel t1_iz4njdd wrote

Their profits are already insane high they could easily still make profits with the same price point but being built in a more developed and educated country. They could even lower the cost of their devices by a lot. Problem is they want the most profit they can get. And their customers have proven time and time again they don't care the cost of human lives or their paycheck they want apple. The modern day Blood Diamond.

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[deleted] t1_iz5999g wrote

What's your source? All of my sources talk about the usual 30% of margin.

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iz5cvbv wrote

What's YOUR source?!

To ignore the fact that Apple's entire business model post-Jobs has been to increase profits per unit every single quarter is either disingenous or utterly clueless.

https://fourweekmba.com/how-much-profit-does-apple-make-per-iphone/

>It costs Apple $501 to make an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the company sells it at a base price of $1099. This makes Apple’s base markup on the latest iPhone model at 119%

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[deleted] t1_iz5dsbp wrote

>>It costs Apple $501 to make an iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the company sells it at a base price of $1099. This makes Apple’s base markup on the latest iPhone model at 119%

Pretty dumb of you to account only for the BOM and not R&D, marketing, logistics and all that comes with a product.

https://irishtechnews.ie/the-secret-to-apples-iphone-margins-and-why-it-is-arguing-for-a-value-add-approach-to-trade/

Here's your source.

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iz5e7i6 wrote

Ignoring the fact that nothing in your link contradicts the information I provided, your own link makes it clear that no matter how you choose to measure it, Apple makes 3-10x as much per unit (your 30% figure) as other electronic brands (single digit)...even after accounting for everything and anything involved.

[edited for clarity and to keep this discussion from descending to your level of discourse]

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[deleted] t1_iz5evhm wrote

My own link clearly says 30%, just like every other serious breakdown.

It's more than average but it's not 150% like people who parrot an unfounded internet myth say.

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iz5fc61 wrote

I edited my post for clarity. You should re-read and do accordingly.

>it's not 150% like people who parrot an unfounded internet myth say.

That's a strawman because it's not something I said. Please stay on topic and address my post, not what you heard on the tubes somewhere, please.

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scarletotter t1_iz4mlwy wrote

I have a friend who works for a company, their support workers in the US make about $50,000 a year, they have recently starting outsourcing to india, because someone doing the same job over there, the company only have to pay $9000 a year.

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Mahameghabahana t1_iz8wq2l wrote

60k rupees a year is quite a good amount though? Like that middle class salary. Most middle level government employees start with that amount. Do worker it's insanely high amount as things are far cheaper here.

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naugest t1_iz7wh5m wrote

I have been an integrated circuit design engineer for 25 years.

Mass electronic manufacturing isn't coming to America in any sort of real scale.

When you see something does come here, it just a political show.

You simply can't maximize profits on electronics manufacturing and build it in the US.

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iz5d69e wrote

Apple promised to do that a decade or so ago. Since Foxconn and others were going entirely robotic anyway (no longer needed little fingers to make iPhones), it made sense to save money on the last big hard cost -- intercontinental shipping.

But, so far that has not happened. I suspect because building these factories would eat into Apple's obscene profits...which modern Wall Street would not permit Tim to do.

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