But these people pushing this type of stuff think that is impossible without the Chinese slave labor. And not a product of people being either too lazy or too greedy to leave China for somewhere else. I know right now, there is a growing anger on Reddit and Twitter over the fact that Cover/Hololive merch is now extremely expensive. But as much as I like Holo and think Cover is a company that is pretty good in the Vtuber industry, I have to just say it: They did it to themselves.
How do I know it is a Cover problem and not a merch-in-general problem? Because I have gotten merch from other companies or Indie Vtubers that hasnt had a massive tariff tacked on the price. So either these people are eating the cost of a 150% tariff for the good of their own fans (lol), or they source their things from places other than China (unlike Cover) so they are paying a significantly lower tariff. And hell, more than a few of them source from the US, and the price difference pre-tariff is only like $15, and from past experience is usually higher quality.
But these people pushing this type of stuff think that is impossible without the Chinese slave labor. And not a product of people being either too lazy or too greedy to leave China for somewhere else. I know right now, there is a growing anger on Reddit and Twitter over the fact that Cover/Hololive merch is now extremely expensive. But as much as I like Holo and think Cover is a company that is pretty good in the Vtuber industry, I have to just say it: They did it to themselves.
How do I know it is a Cover problem and not a merch-in-general problem? Because I have gotten merch from other companies or Indie Vtubers that hasnt had a massive tariff tacked on the price. So either these people are eating the cost of a 150% tariff for the good of their own fans (lol), or they source their things from places other than China (unlike Cover) so they are paying a significantly lower tariff. And hell, more than a few of them source from the US, and the price difference pre-tariff is only like $15, and from past experience is usually higher quality.