Boiler wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:57 am The most they'd be able to manage is "assembled in the USA".Can they manage that? Even in Arkansas that would be considerably more expensive than assembly in China or whichever neighbor had a better tariff deal. More likely you'll hear some pivot to "Apple is good American firm that employs loads of Americans", as if the bullshit about manufacturing had never been said.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:36 pmI'm sure someone in Dogshit OH could screw a completed PCB onto a completed screen assembly, push a couple of flat ribbons onto the PCB and clip the back on... then it'd count as "assembled in the USA"?Boiler wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:57 am The most they'd be able to manage is "assembled in the USA".Can they manage that? Even in Arkansas that would be considerably more expensive than assembly in China or whichever neighbor had a better tariff deal.