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[โ€“] demunted@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Open-source hardware is still usually made in China....

[โ€“] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This article is about open source software though. Hardware is a whole different beast that would require much time and money to switch to open source.

Open source software is free and can be switched to today, as little as putting Linux on an old laptop to self host some services to replace proprietary and also American services.

[โ€“] demunted@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

I guess I'm coming from the likely place where consumers would feel the effects of the tarrifs. They'd feel it on the hardware first and you need hardware to run software. Sorry I was taking the conversation away front the intent. I wonder if we will see this happen largely outside the USA (moving to more open source) or will software companies just sell from local regions?