[kjmr]

The article links to https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-5, which goes deep into China and manufacturing.

[palmotea]

Yeah, but it's obvious the OP doesn't really care about that, as he spend paragraph after paragraph talking about anything but.

It's pretty clear the OP just had a delusional view of Apple, and is now only coming to realize things that have been true for a long time.