The US government is discouraging, but not yet forbidding, buying from certain Chinese manufacturers. But following other hardware manufacturers and making those deals is a risky move for Apple and a potentially riskier move for IT buyers.
    • Pycorax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      19 days ago

      What’s stopping them from doing the dame with these new players? I don’t know anything about the memory market but that feels far more likely to happen to me than anything good for consumers.

      • DisasterTransport@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        19 days ago

        that would drive up the price of ram in China too, which would likely make the CCP quite cross with them. Electronics are a huge export and the Chinese government has to worry about entire cities going offline or having to pivot their entire industrial sectors if the shortage lasts too long.