&gt;<i>I haven&#x27;t had much problem with this. I don&#x27;t compete on price because I can&#x27;t bid lower than someone who has a cost of living 10x less than mine.</i><p>The problem is that those 10x-less cost of living people can increasingly compete on quality too.<p>Without some sort of protection inside their own country, it&#x27;s &quot;yay&quot; for businesses and &quot;tough luck&quot; for IT workers. The HB1 (or whatever) visa thing is part of that.<p>In the end, the situation is not good for those 10x cheaper people either, because it ensures they&#x27;ll always stay 10x cheaper, as even if their country develops more, there will always be someone underdeveloped with 10x cheaper cost of living to bring their prices down too.