It won't touch the equally harsh Chinese manufacturing centers that were lucky enough to avoid a NYT headline, but it would raise awareness, and that's usually a good start.
And of course, when the prices and lead times go up, people will need to remember why and not just start buying something else.
However, Apple has one advantage here: it's pretty hard to buy an Apple product from anyone else. I think they've already demonstrated that they can overcome a lot of price resistance over the years. Lord knows I thought PCs would run them out of business way back when. If they change their manufacturing a lot of customers might forgive the price and other consequences.
Apple would be a good target, and maybe the one most likely to be able to change its spots and still do all right.
And they could think a little harder about their products and human engineering. I would have thought of the plastic-glass scratching problem while the damn thing was still on the drawing board so they wouldn't have had to panic at the last minute.
Current Events » in reply to I wasn't suggesting that the government force manufacturers to use American laborers. I'll keep up my end of the conversation myself, thanks.
There are certainly worse ideas than a high-profile boycott.
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