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In the EU/US there are different costs of living, running a business and standards for employment. That is reflected in the price.

But as long it is cheap and you'll never visit China, then who cares that someone might be exploited there.

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In terms of guitars, you can actually get better guitars for substantially cheaper from China. Should I pay more for less quality? Being "Made in USA" used to mean quality, but it doesn't anymore
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And?

You do understand that costs of making something in the West is different than in China? Some companies unfortunately have to compromise on quality to maintain price that is not outrageous when you compare to Chinese.

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> In the EU/US there are different costs of living, running a business and standards for employment. That is reflected in the price.

...the price of made in china device that is just branded with EU/US brand ?

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I was not talking about resellers. Sure you can commission product in China with your own branding. That is like buying from Temu with extra steps.
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