You must have a strong immune system. Some people are just easier targets for viruses, even if they use precautions. Could come down to genes. What is your diet like?
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Foxconn Abruptly Halts Hiring at iPhone Factory Amid New Lockdown and iPhone 14 Delay Concerns
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Why is China under lockdown now instead of last year? Were they magically protected from the more deadly Delta variant last year?
I'd pay a premium if the device was made in Canada, but I wouldn't pay 20%. Furthermore, I would not be inclined to pay a significant premium if it was made in the US of A, since I don't live there and I'm not from there either.
Therein lies the problem. Almost nobody wants to pay a 20% premium, and even if some are willing to pay a premium, most are not going to want to pay that to have it made in another country just because it's not China. I suspect people in the UK would think like I do. They might pay a premium if the device was made in the UK, but not if it was made in the US. Same goes for EU countries, like France. The world is bigger than the US.
See, THIS is the post that has the reasoning and logic behind it I was hoping to hear expressed, in particular for what’s going on in China as it is right on topic.
I accept your apology and appreciate that you accepted my post in the spirit in which it was intended, and my intention was to take us beyond quips and insults and into productive contemplation of this huge mess we are all in.
We are indeed seeing the most extreme scenario playing out in China right now. However, they don’t have a very good vaccine and I’m not sure they have all the treatments the US in particular has. I think that is partly playing into their draconian response. But rounding people up and putting them in quarantine centers or locking them inside their homes without adequate food and supplies hardly seems like a response that will help them effectively contain the virus and not derail their economy. It’s really hard to fathom from the outside, the reasoning behind what we are seeing of their approach.
I do think here in the west, we similarly derail ourselves from the optimal approach by entrenching ourselves in extreme positions of denial. It is counter productive to our interests to pretend this virus is like a mere cold or flu and that no precautions at all need to be taken. People need to also consider that that even people with mild symptoms are developing “long haul” symptoms. If we ignore that and have people continue to take Covid too lightly and expose themselves unnecessarily, that could have horrible effects on individuals and the economy as more people become disabled by chronic fatigue, brain fog and other serious symptoms that some people are developing after mild cases.
On the other end of the spectrum it is counterproductive to our interests to force businesses into extended shutdowns and schools into prolonged distanced learning models and not expect the disastrous effects on our economy and our students that we are indeed seeing.
We need a balanced, measured and nuanced approach to pandemic recovery and economic recovery. And that’s so difficult to achieve when we are so polarized against each other. So at the very least, on an individual level, I hope we can each do better to meet constructively.
I'm far from expert on the Chinese covid response, but my understanding is that China's travel restrictions have been extremely tight since 2020 and have been beginning to loosen recently, Omicron is far more contagious than Delta, and my understanding is that the Chinese vaccines aren't as effective as some in the West (I don't have data on that, just what I hear).
Combine that with a very large and dense population that has mostly been unexposed to the virus before now, a different tolerance to risk than you may have, and a general willingness to impose restrictions other countries may not, and you get lockdowns.
2 separate issues. No one is laughing at people who have passed. Laughing at people blinding celebrating and endorsing lockdowns and tyrannical control under the guise of public safety? Sure.
Are they going to subsidise the industry for a global product?
As it will also be a £5000 iPhone if manufactured in the US.
Or is this one of those posts that suggests apple should pull out of every country except America?
50 % of iPhone 13 production is now in India.
Trust it India = THE new billionaire maker over the next 12yrs. Surging economy just now springing to life.
What a great time we’re in yet a tumultuous time we’re in on so many fronts.
Hang in there, an Apple a Day keeps the Android crooked doctor away
Apple always delivers: our generations’ milk-man.
This type of news is usually used to scare off retail investors or bring the stock down. As the release day of iPhone 14 come near, I am sure plenty of phone available.
And keep in mind this was a plan to preempt further shutdowns. The Chinese government also doesn’t want this to drag on any longer — it is not doing their own economy any favors.
Oh wow it’s a shame millions of people died and didn’t listen to you!! You’re the type of guy girls run away from at a bar lol
Apple will pay a hefty price for too relying on one country - China, for its productions.
Lockdowns are just the beginning. China is on a path to total collapse. I'll give a prediction here that no Apple product in the next 5 years will arrive according to the schedule, unless Apple is willing to diversify its production elsewhere.
Lockdowns are just the beginning. China is on a path to total collapse. I'll give a prediction here that no Apple product in the next 5 years will arrive according to the schedule, unless Apple is willing to diversify its production elsewhere.
You honestly believe the most densely populated country in the world, with a population of 1.4billion people, has suffered only 5 thousand deaths from a virus against which its vaccination only has a 69% ICU efficacy rate?
I was addressing most specifically Sorgo’s initial response to one of my posts. (I believe we’ve come to an understanding on that particular matter).
Apple should expand manufacturing to other countries. Hopefully there will not be any delays.
So slave labor is good only when it’s in China? Good to know.
Slaves did not get paid at all, that was the whole economic rationale of it. This is not the point, however. In China this 800$/m salary can be acceptable for people, as the cost of living is lower, so it works. This, in turn, allows Apple to sell their gadgets with quite a high profit margin. This is how they break their earnings records. Were Apple to move their production elsewhere, with shorter working hours and higher pay, this would also mean they would need to increase their prices to keep the same profit margins. Besides, the Chinese are hard workers and modern China is, essentially, the whole world’s factory. Just look at the “Made in” tags of the electric gadgetry stuff you own. I bet you will find “Made in China” on most of them. So, yes, capitalism.
Not terrified but responsible. I take are of my 82 year old mother and a man with downs
I do not want them to get it. People of all ages are dying from covid so not wearing a mask
or getting the shot is rolling the dice. I just won't roll the dice for other people.
You're completely missing the point. We all know the Chinese government has draconian practices and is more than willing to ignore human rights, but that's a different discussion. My point was despite all this, the Chinese government is still both more stable and less corrupt than India's.
To put it another way, many large companies would rather do business in Communist China than in "democratic" India for these reasons, and also because China has much better infrastructure, much better access to supporting industries, much better access to materials, and a much better educated and trained workforce.
Foxconn and companies like that need improvement, but they still pay better than most companies in China, and the pay in China is already better than pretty much all of the South Asian countries (aside from the Maldives).
P.S. One interesting tidbit regarding US workforces. In terms of productivity, US auto workers aren't even the most productive in North America. Canada is #1, US is #2, and Mexico is #3.
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how is wearing a mask and getting a shot so as not to die being a compliant perpetuator?
It would require automation and the top brass taking a haircut as far as their bloated
stock options and pay. I would take time to implement but is the world ready to keep
funding China's war machine?
China largely kept Delta out of the country. They had quite a few spikes last year, but nothing to the scale of the spikes now. Omicron is just that infectious.