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bitfriend6 t1_j9fzkpm wrote

America's tech companies are largely responsible for the shift to China and asset stripping of American industries, especially hardware manufacturing. The sooner the government cuts them off by cutting off their access to external suppliers, the better we'll all be even if it means more expensive iphones. Imagine a world where people pay to repair their phones instead of trashing them every 18 months.

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opticd t1_j9g1y9p wrote

Hardware tech, sure… but that was primarily for economic reasons (cheap labor). That’s not the same as forced technology transfer though.

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