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Whoa I had no idea. I feel like everyone I've seen doing Pine64 things lives somewhere in Europe. What a world.



They actually started as a California-based company before re-basing to Hong Kong back in (IIRC) 2019. Not sure why the change.


Doing business from the US is a minefield today, not at all like it used to be. Almost any other country is better if you just want to focus on running a business, so not so surprising that they relocated.


The previous US administration going to war with China on trade created a lot of uncertainty and concern surrounding tariffs and delays/parts availability.

Through that lens it probably makes a lot of sense to simply move your operation to China, when that covers the bulk of the relevant supply chain for your products. Especially if you have no other barriers deterring the relocation, like language or cultural challenges...


> Doing business from the US is a minefield today

As opposed to doing business from China. Hmm, really.....


If they do business from China or Hong Kong they can get away with shoddy 1 month warranty, simple as that. Nobody's gonna bust those who are behind the company from countries like China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, ...


If that's what the OP meant, yes I agree.




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