The amount of automation that can be done is not that great for those type of things.
The cost of fully automating this process is insanely high, that’s why the actual manufacturing is outsourced outside of the usa.
Producting a laptop from fully automated factory would boost the cost of the laptop to prohitive levels for most Americans as the cost of automation needs to be paid by the buyers.
Automated factories needs maintenance, which is not free at all.
Automated factories are cyber attack targets and needs great cybersecurity.
The material needed to build the components has to be mined and processed in other automated facilities with the same flaws.
With our current level of technology, fully automating this process is not cost effective at all.
In practice we live in a world that is cloud computing powered, we also need to update the tooling from outside sources.
Zero day exploits still exist and you need to keep your stuff up to date or someone from inside will be able to attack your whole setup by using a known vulnerability.
The amount of automation that can be done is not that great for those type of things.
The cost of fully automating this process is insanely high, that’s why the actual manufacturing is outsourced outside of the usa.
Producting a laptop from fully automated factory would boost the cost of the laptop to prohitive levels for most Americans as the cost of automation needs to be paid by the buyers.
Automated factories needs maintenance, which is not free at all.
Automated factories are cyber attack targets and needs great cybersecurity.
The material needed to build the components has to be mined and processed in other automated facilities with the same flaws.
With our current level of technology, fully automating this process is not cost effective at all.
surely you could just not connect it to an outside network
Yeah well, that’s a nice theory.
In practice we live in a world that is cloud computing powered, we also need to update the tooling from outside sources.
Zero day exploits still exist and you need to keep your stuff up to date or someone from inside will be able to attack your whole setup by using a known vulnerability.
It’s a big can of worm…