The Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigation

mods, feel free to lock the thread if you feel it's getting too much offtopic, but I'd like to keep the explanatory video here so anyone can hopefully understand the situation

 

Until now, the world has benefited from China's low labor costs, i.e. low-wage countries -> see Behringer factory in China!
It is important to consider how high the wages are in your country!
eBay and the black market as well as illegal businesses will increase due to customs.

Manufacturing labor costs - US$ per hour

Schweiz (2016) 59,98
Norwegen (2021) 57,30
Deutschland (2021) 49,56
USA (2023) 43 US$
Vereinigtes Königreich (2019) 29,61
China (2024) 6,19
Türkei (2021) 5,27
Ukraine (2018) 2,82
Thailand (2016) 1,69

 

I don't know where you've pulled this number from but it's wayyyy high. If you work in a bank or pharma then maybe. Factory work is less than half of that.

 

Hello and greetings to Switzerland! This is the average wage for all Swiss workers. In Germany, we also have a minimum wage of EUR 12.41, but the average hourly wage costs EUR 49.56. As you can see, Switzerland has some of the highest labor incomes and also some of the highest labor wages in the world.

Switzerland Labor costs represent the costs incurred by companies to employ their workers. They consist of wages and salaries (79.7%), social security contributions paid by employers (17.4%), and other costs, particularly those related to vocational training and personnel recruitment (2.9%). In 2020, they averaged CHF 63.62 per hour worked across the economy as a whole. Labor costs account for a large share of the production costs of goods and services. Together with productivity, they represent an important factor in Switzerland's competitiveness as a business location. Source: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/hom...rbseinkommen-arbeitskosten/arbeitskosten.html

 

I don't know how the average musician with an income of 2 cents a week from streaming is supposed to afford any of this.

 

Oh No!! The Sky is falling!!