Apple's Push to Flood India with Used iPhones Ignites Backlash

Post by simula67 » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:48 AM UTC

mattmanser wrote: post #20

simula67 wrote: post #19

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Foreign policy is not decided based on consistency. Every democratic government has a responsibility to defend it's own citizen's interests. USA does this also, it wants free trade when it wants to export goods and services to other nations but opposes it when it comes to importing labor ( H1B VISA cap etc ). This is not evil, it is this competition between nations that improves standard of living for people everywhe…

Labor is not trade.

Post by glenndebacker » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:56 AM UTC

makomk wrote: post #16

npunt wrote: post #5

I understand India's desire to push for local manufacturing, and some of this is all just a bunch of theater dancing around that issue. Meanwhile, the Bloomberg article does a good job of letting us read between the lines about the vested interests in keeping Apple out -- > “The millions of imported used phones will need their batteries replaced. What will happen to those batteries, where will they go?” asked Sunil V…

If a new phone is sold in India, its Indian owner benefits from the entire multi-year lifespan of the battery before it has to be disposed of. If a used phone is imported from the US to India, its battery will be nearing the end of its life - most of the benefit of that battery goes to the original American owner, but the disposal costs are dumped on India. From this perspective, it's a way for the developed world to…

Post by planetjones » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 8:57 AM UTC

brainless wrote: post #15

planetjones wrote: post #12

There's something deeply contradictory in India's attitude. For imports (including setting up supermarkets in India) there are levys, laws and regulations to make it almost impossible for foreign companies. But then India is able to export its IT professionals and outsourcing across the whole world. Is this really a level playing field? Why is no one calling this out as foul play? India seems to want one rule for whe…

I understand what you are saying, but I think it is not true. Being an Indian and having lived there for 30+ years, I can hardly list any major international brand in any industry which isn't selling something there. Also all the big international brands are also big Indian brands, most people do not even care that they are not Indian owned brands. So yes, huge amounts of foreign brands sell in India, but perhaps wit…

Post by coldtea » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 9:34 AM UTC

vacri wrote: post #3

Razengan wrote: post #2

> The group’s members [who opposed Apple's application] include the largest Indian phone brands: Micromax, Intex and Samsung. Ah.

Meh. Apple is asking to be treated like a special snowflake in this case, caught by their own elitism of not-selling-affordable-phones.

Post by icebraining » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 9:46 AM UTC

mattmanser wrote: post #26

simula67 wrote: post #21

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Mind elaborating ? If you should be for free trade, should you also not be fro free exchange of labor ?

Really? It's pretty obvious. If you're working in another country, you're not spending money on tax, rent, food, utilities, etc. in your home country, you're spending them in the host country. Most of your income is spent in the host country. For your own example, most H1Bs want to live and spend their money in the US, not send money back home. So it's actually a terrible 'trade' for the originating country, they los…