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   >  MP> In some ways, Apple is bringing iPhone manufacturing back to the US in   
   >  MP> that some iPhone components may be built in those new factories, and   
   >  MP> Apple Intelligence, though not a physical product, could live in those   
   >  MP> servers  being built in Houston.   
      
   >  MP> I worry, though, that that won't satisfy Trump's binary thinking. He   
   >  MP> clearly does not understand how technology is built or why it has long   
   >  MP> been built outside the US. Trump believes, for example, that Apple built   
   >  MP> the iPhone assembly factories in China. But those are Foxconn   
   >  MP> facilities, and that company also builds the products for companies like   
   >  MP> Nintendo and Google.   
      
   > This reporter doesn't explain why "technology" (whatever he means by that) is   
   > better off being built outside the USA. Higher cost maybe? Maybe. We'll have   
   t   
   > see how it goes. Worst case scenario: People will have to pay more money to   
   be   
   > propagated by Apple.   
      
   In the case of phones, I am pretty sure it would be higher cost -- workers   
   are paid much less in those areas vs. the US going rate.  Not sure about   
   phones, but I know that CRTs used to be built, and disposed of, in other   
   countries that were not so concerned about handling the toxins used in the   
   tubes.   
      
      
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