this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Those labels are almost always included by the company, not the manufacturer. "Designed in California," is Apple's decision, not Foxconn's

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Someone needs to browse AliExpress more.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

“German technology” is a joke. Leibniz created the modern binary system so anything digital technically counts. Or printed circuit board (A. Hanson, 1903). Or printed books (J. Gutenberg, 1440). Or f*cking homeopathy (S. Hahnemann, 1796).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

That is more: how the marketers make 'their' product sound good.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For your next meme including the phrase you were trying to write:

I would've written "How Chinese manufacturers make"

I hope this doesn't come off as rude. I think posting memes in proper English makes them easier to be understood.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Agreed.

These days we can simply run text through a spell and grammar check online. Simple to do and benefits all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Was the "made in China" label originally enforced on imported products to discourage their purchase? I feel like I remember reading that somewhere...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It was the case for "made in Germany" which became a sign for high quality later on. I don't really know about "made in China" though. I myself would rather associate it with lower quality stuff, although that really generalizes chinese products for the worst ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

To me, made in China === Chinese crap

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

My metabo tools now