07-31-2020, 09:05 AM
(07-30-2020, 05:39 PM)LittleWalter Wrote: Not sure if this has been discussed, or if this is "too political" or not PC to talk about around these parts, but has there been any?
More and more, I'm starting to look for items made and produced outside of mainland China. I understand that certain components would be hard--if not impossible to source--but it's nice to a see a "Made in the UK" stamp on a RPi box/board or "Made in Korea" on HardKernel's products, for example. Yeah, I love how open source everything w/ Pine64 it still bugs me. Yeah, I realize it's a complicated topic wrt cost, logistics, etc.
Sorry, if this has been posted before.
This is called capitalism, guys.
Think about two companies. One hires local people, local resources in a country where human rights are respected, where salaries have to reach decency and assure enough to live. The other company hires people in another country without worker protection. No human rights applied, you can even hire kids. Salary is almost nothing, they can work 24/7, and if they complain they are fired.
What company do you think will survive and which will fail?
we live in a crazy world!!