No one ever announces that they lowered prices by offshoring the manufacturing, but that is how Walmart lowers the prices for items that it carries.
The prices of consumer electronic equipment went down when manufacturing moved to Asia. Instead...
Does that mean eliminating minimum wage protections and workplace safety? A seamstress in a country like Vietnam makes the equivalent of $2.99 per hour, versus $18.00 in the US. That's a primary driver of why jobs left the US.
You mean marketing for customer acquisition...
It costs money to develop and support applications. As much as consumers hate the subscription-based costs of the Adobe Suite, it has never been a consumer-focused product. Their "Elements" line is...