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I disagree. The advent of high-speed internet in poorer countries is only something that has taken place in the past 10 years and it's only going to get worse.

This is almost like a second stage of the manufacturing revolution that happened with the advent of computer numerical control and generally the digitization of the so-called engineering "stack"

Right now, the pipeline is looking super gross for anyone apart from hyper-capitalists, but then again what meat is left to pick off the bone? Pretty much everything is overseas nowadays anyways

- Engineering Prototype is done domestically

- Verification is offshored to low-rate engineers

- Final CAD drawings are offshored

- Final Assembly instructions are offshored

- Production line is designed domestically

- Production line is assembled offshore

- Production is manufactured and shipped domestically at the lowest rate

- Said product is handled in a warehouse that is operated by offshored teleoperators

- Customer support for the end user is offshored

- RMA process is non-existent therefore replacement is offshored



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