The insane amount of work that goes into just manufacturing.
The United States prides itself by having high-value functions like design, while offshoring manufacturing. But manufacturing consumer electronics is no longer simple. We have given up on manufacturing these electronics completely.
> We have given up on manufacturing these electronics completely.
I don't think it was the American people so much as it was the CEOs who were pandering to Wall Street in their quest for ever-increasing shareholder value.
It's so short sighted because good product design and design thinking led projects need to be close to the production methods to design to and for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking
The United States prides itself by having high-value functions like design, while offshoring manufacturing. But manufacturing consumer electronics is no longer simple. We have given up on manufacturing these electronics completely.