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@adafruit Is there a manufacturer of this item in the USA?

@vicker249 @adafruit No, and there can't be, not without billions of dollars of investment over decades. And that's assuming you can legally manufacture those things in the US at all; for example Copyright plays a role, but also whether you can source the needed material in the US, period. There are things where outside of the US is the only option, period, no getting around it.

(And that's bonus extra true for anything going into electronics)

@vicker249 @adafruit no. Nor is it possible for there to be in an economically viable way.
@NodeTap @vicker249 @adafruit then why is it economically viable somewhere else?
@RedTechEngineer @adafruit @vicker249 proximity to related manufacturing and both upstream and downstream logistics. Low cost of labor means unoptimized production can still happen at scale.