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racerhomie3 said:

Stuff like this makes me happy that the trade war is happening. Switch to Malaysia,Indonesia & Thailand where intellectual rights are protected.

Are intellectual rights more protected in Malaysia and Indonesia? I highly doubt that. Maybe they're just not as technologically advanced to produce products and sell them to the US at a large enough scale. I recall seeing a lot of counterfeit Coca Cola and Starbucks t-shirts being sold on the streets the last time I was over there. Seems like there's no copyright protection there or at least it isn't enforced.

This is why the iPhone cannot be made in the USA.

sflocal said:

People will get outraged over anything in this era of instant-information.  I don't see an issue.  Take it back to Apple and get a replacement. Jeez.

But we're talking about a $45 case here. Not a $5 case bought from Wish.com. One would assume Apple would have picked a factory with more stringent quality checks.

Another problem is that automated money lenders like ChocoUp which automatically approves loans based on sales volume (based on verified sources pulled directly from third-parties APIs) might accidentally approve a large loan that the client would have no way of repaying.

The owner of Foxconn probably saw the film "American Factory" after the deal was signed and decided to bail.