EU tech culture is really intriguing actually, everything from private email services (mailbox.org) to low-power computing (pine64) and a lot of FOSS development. I find myself aligning more with those values than the values we're pushing here in the US--whatever the Venn diagram of Meta/Google/Microsoft/Amazon/Salesforce/Oracle are I don't think it's super inspiring. Maybe it's a little unfair to cherrypick though.
As opposed to doing business from China. Hmm, really.....
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...
> Pine64 initially operated as Pine Microsystems Inc. (Fremont, California), founded by TL Lim
> all devices for the Kickstarter campaign were manufactured and sold by Pine Microsystems Inc. based in Fremont, California.
> In January 2020, Pine Microsystems Inc. was dissolved while Pine Store Limited was incorporated on December 5, 2019 in Hong Kong. As of late 2020, the standard form contract of pine64.com binds all orders to the laws of Malaysia, while the products are shipped from warehouses in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China.