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Apple’s approach to China remains the most disappointing (and hypocritical) thing about the company. When privacy really matters for the users that need it most, Apple sells them out for continued access to the Chinese market. https://stratechery.com/2021/the-information-on-apple-in-chi...
Is Stratechery's paywall new? I'm surprised to see one from an author who writes in a voice that aspires to reach the world.
Since this is finally out, I am hopping they have all the other juicy details in supply chain, where Apple lifted suppliers to their standard and help them build out / counter balance competitors. ( Also interesting this is coming out from The Information, which tends to be an Apple shill for many years from Apple PR. But I am looking at BOE, YMTC and Luxshare. Should be the easiest find and leaks. If they do intend…
Apple’s approach to China remains the most disappointing (and hypocritical) thing about the company. When privacy really matters for the users that need it most, Apple sells them out for continued access to the Chinese market. https://stratechery.com/2021/the-information-on-apple-in-chi...
* - not sure if this info is already public, I am NDA bound to disclose more.
This will be the logical conclusion to every major American corporation unless someone puts a stop to this. If profit comes before everything, then so will China's 1.4B potential market vs US's 330M market.
So...local politicians, in a market where Apple was making money hand-over-fist, were feeling kinda used. By a huge foreign corporation. And the they started getting sticky on all sorts of regulatory things that Apple needed. Until Apple's CEO promised to do a bunch of "local investing" in their country. How different is this from the 1980's in the U.S., when Japanese auto makers decided that they needed to start bui…
1. was done in secret 2. traded seemingly unrelated investments aka you can build your computers if you invest in our SAAS 3. technology transfer may be a violation of us export controls Its really not obvious if the Chinese win because it's an extremely opaque way to choose winners and losers.
Was it? Reading the article, the only 'secret' component was the lobbying, which is obviously done behind closed doors. Everything else is public commitments and public statements - which makes sense, since they were trying to pour oil on troubled chinese waters.
FWIW, western media often suggests stuff is 'secret' in china, because they can't read chinese, and all those orientals are awfully mysterious.