cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/42531754
2 points
They actually have the entire world by the balls and for some reason we all accept it
3 points
Everyone wants “[thing], cheaper,” and forty years ago, it was Japan, sixty, West Germany. Hell, China doesn’t even make most of the disposable junk you think of when you hear “Made in China” these days, their manufacturing has matured past that and most of that injection-molded, high-tolerance, lowest-bidder stuff has been shipped further down SEA.