What's in it for them? From the perspective of local founders, perhaps nothing?
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Seriously, though, this administration is getting scarier and more out of control by the day.
It's yet another reason I don't use Amazon. Sure, I might pay more for what I buy but I don't need to worry about my information being shared or sold by a giant of surveillance capitalism.
I doubt most people will tolerate a longer-term downturn in the hope that a bunch of manufacturing will materialize. And I doubt that companies will want to do that. They moved manufacturing overseas to cut costs and get around labour.
As for lower prices, I doubt that'll happen either.
If you build something, that doesn't mean people will come regardless of how useful it is.