▲ 669 ▼ Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago* by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 2 years ago (5 children) They could just become a European company. I'm just saying. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) Or Canadian. Since they have quite a passionate investor there already permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago Oh, of course, my intent was more "quit the US". permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children) They're built in Taiwan though right so realistically them being a US company is more to do with where their officers are based. So they really could just move. It would screw over the people who work there of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The company are designers and engineers, not factory workers, they don't have staff in Taiwan, they put their orders there. Unless they move all the people, thry can't really move that easily. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago And pay tariffs for chips etc still coming from Taiwan? (There are not enough chip fabs in US so that US still will be dependent on Taiwan just paying US government some premium. And the few chips coming from US will just match prices of imported chips) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) Or Canadian. Since they have quite a passionate investor there already permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago Oh, of course, my intent was more "quit the US". permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children) They're built in Taiwan though right so realistically them being a US company is more to do with where their officers are based. So they really could just move. It would screw over the people who work there of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The company are designers and engineers, not factory workers, they don't have staff in Taiwan, they put their orders there. Unless they move all the people, thry can't really move that easily. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago And pay tariffs for chips etc still coming from Taiwan? (There are not enough chip fabs in US so that US still will be dependent on Taiwan just paying US government some premium. And the few chips coming from US will just match prices of imported chips) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 years ago Oh, of course, my intent was more "quit the US". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children) They're built in Taiwan though right so realistically them being a US company is more to do with where their officers are based. So they really could just move. It would screw over the people who work there of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The company are designers and engineers, not factory workers, they don't have staff in Taiwan, they put their orders there. Unless they move all the people, thry can't really move that easily. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago And pay tariffs for chips etc still coming from Taiwan? (There are not enough chip fabs in US so that US still will be dependent on Taiwan just paying US government some premium. And the few chips coming from US will just match prices of imported chips) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago The company are designers and engineers, not factory workers, they don't have staff in Taiwan, they put their orders there. Unless they move all the people, thry can't really move that easily. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago And pay tariffs for chips etc still coming from Taiwan? (There are not enough chip fabs in US so that US still will be dependent on Taiwan just paying US government some premium. And the few chips coming from US will just match prices of imported chips) permalink fedilink source parent