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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the US really that central to PC component manufacturing, or is this (mostly) just a US thing? Like, don't get me wrong, I know a lot of these companies are US-based, but isn't basically all the manufacturing and most of the distribution handled elsewhere?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

So there's these things called 'tariffs' you might have heard mentioned on the news...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, in the US. Some of us don't live in the US though. Given that parts are made in countries like Taiwan surely the tariffs won't matter much to anyone outside the US?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but 90% of the English speaking people online are Americans. I presumed it was in that context

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

90%? Not a chance. Even out of people who only speak English as a first language, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand are a lot more than just 10% of the US population. Plus a few other countries that are mostly English first.

Then you have people that speak English as a second language all over the place too.