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It's made worse by the fact that we pay more for the same devices because of import duties, and much more in terms of relative pay scales which are typically lower.

An average junior software developer here is making $10,000 a year. Hypothetically if they bought a new M1 Macbook Pro they'd spend $1,700 for the cheapest model (compared to around $1,500).

If there is a manufacturing issue that shows up after a year, they're down ~17% of their annual salary for a defective product.