this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
334 points (94.9% liked)
Technology
71502 readers
4767 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Alright, so clearly this is a bald-face lie? How the hell can they claim this? What kind of made in america SOC are they using?
It depends on how they define "built."
The Moto X was touted as being built in the US, it was assembled in Texas with parts made in Asia.
I believe the Made in USA Labeling Act passed 2021 would prevent following the Moto X approach of just final assembly, but I suppose it's up to trump's FTC to make the final call regardless, easy enough for them to issue an exception.
Specifically:
They don't need to issue an exception, they can just turn a blind eye. And considering Trump appointed the chair of the FTC with one of his loyalists (like every other branch) that seems likely.
Thing is, there's going to be a lot of public attention on that "Made in the USA" claim, given how central it is to Trump's domestic and foreign policy.
Sure, the FCC can turn a blind eye, but all it takes is for one worker at the assembly plant to call up a journalist. And let's face, and journalist worth their salt is going to be hanging around every bar near that place. Even trying to screen specifically for MAGA friendly workers won't help them much when one of those workers feels betrayed by how much of Trump's product is actually coming from China.
My point is, there's no good way to keep this under wraps. If they don't actually build this thing in the US, word is going to get around, and it's going to be seen as a total repudiation of Trump's entire tariff strategy.
Trump team is already walking it back after they started taking preorders and a journalist found the model. They're now claiming they meant to say it could eventually be made in America. It's a $170 Chinese phone they're marking up to $500
He has done and said much worse things. No one cares. The people buying these phones will never hear about it.
The difference, you have to remember, is that the worse stuff is all hurting the people they want him to hurt. But betraying his made in America promises hurts the people who voted for him. That's when they suddenly start to care.
Virtually everything he does hurts the people who voted for him (and all other Americans, and even non-Americans). His supporters are just too stupid to understand.