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How about the clothes you are wearing, do you think they get your the same wage as a worker in the US or Europe? But I bet you like the cheap clothes...

Your Amazon warehouse workers... the aviation repair people in El Salvador... the list is endless. Offshoring can make certain products cheaper and software is no exception.

Software is particular because it is not tied to production location, but that does not mean you are not subject to market forces.

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sure, but you can put yourself into a different market virtually. Just because you and your employer are not in the same physical location doesnt mean you aren't in the same market.

Textile industry workers who thought they could get higher wages just because they lived in richer / more expensive countries were subjected to a series of unpleasant surprises beginning around 50 years ago.

It’s hard not to imagine the same thing happening to remote work.

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