apple's profit margin (net) is 26% how much more do you think it costs to make stuff in the US vis-a-vis China. - ThreadSky

sky.skymarchini.net • 33 days ago

apple's profit margin (net) is 26%

how much more do you think it costs to make stuff in the US vis-a-vis China.

Apple could definitely make iPhones profitably in the US, and definitely eat the cost of relocation, and definitely would be better off as a company in the long run if it did so, but it would suck for current management so they aren’t gonna try very hard unless forced to do so

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madelineonmars.bsky.social•33 days ago

If they just put some rational thought into their process — put an end to woke nonsense like making products that appeal to women and LGBT people and stuck to cybertruck gray — their profit margins would be over 50%!

turnerjoy.bsky.social•33 days ago

Why would they “definitely be better off”? Do they know Apple sells products all around the world? Picking any single country, let alone US, for all their parts and labor doesn’t make much sense

revan.social•33 days ago

Sky, you’ve got to remember that these are just simple poasters. These are people of the land—the common clay of the new Web. You know... morons.

bobertonbluesky.bsky.social•33 days ago

Top notch reference.

mgraalum.bsky.social•33 days ago

Doing some math, apple has $100 billion in a year in profit on $400 billion in expenses

I'm not super familiar with the apple production process, but I'm guessing we are talking about at least 1 million employees. Giving those workers the $50,000 raise to meet American standards is half the profit

mgraalum.bsky.social•33 days ago

I think the actual number of workers is closer to 3 million, so their profits get wiped out without large price increases

mlow.bsky.social•33 days ago

How long does it take you to amortize the cost of relocation... and then how stupid does that investment look when the mad king does something different and you didn't need to do it anyhow.

jsmunoz.bsky.social•33 days ago

god help the consumer bro

sky.skymarchini.net•33 days ago

god help manufacturers too

cameroncorduroy.bsky.social•33 days ago

"profitably" is such a massive asterisk here because yeah sure they could probably make iPhones in the US as long as they cost $5,000

wasbappin.bsky.social•33 days ago

Also, they wouldn't be iPhones.

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