| I disagree. The advent of high-speed internet in poorer countries is only something that has taken place in the past 10 years and it's only going to get worse. This is almost like a second stage of the manufacturing revolution that happened with the advent of computer numerical control and generally the digitization of the so-called engineering "stack" Right now, the pipeline is looking super gross for anyone apart from hyper-capitalists, but then again what meat is left to pick off the bone? Pretty much everything is overseas nowadays anyways - Engineering Prototype is done domestically - Verification is offshored to low-rate engineers - Final CAD drawings are offshored - Final Assembly instructions are offshored - Production line is designed domestically - Production line is assembled offshore - Production is manufactured and shipped domestically at the lowest rate - Said product is handled in a warehouse that is operated by offshored teleoperators - Customer support for the end user is offshored - RMA process is non-existent therefore replacement is offshored |