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Massive civil unrest because Apple is kicked out of China? Ummm, there wouldn't be massive civil unrest in Palo Alto if Apple was kicked out town. People buying
by sulam 11y ago
Massive civil unrest because Apple is kicked out of China? Ummm, there wouldn't be massive civil unrest in Palo Alto if Apple was kicked out town. People buying Apple products just don't do massive civil unrest. They'd bitch on Twitter (or Weibo/etc), but riots in the streets because you can't buy an iPhone? I'm as big an Apple fan as the next guy, but that just isn't credible.
- peteretep 11y agoDo you have any more you can tell me about your time in China? While you were there, what were the defining aspects of the Apple users you met? Were they representative of your other middle-class friends there? When you spoke to FoxConn employees, were they really not concerned about work drying up in the future and massive lay-offs? Amongst your connections with major shareholders of production companies, did you really get the impression they wouldn't use their influence - political and otherwise - to keep major buyers able to buy? You mention Weibo - how do you see the difference in Weibo vs Twitter as a tool which has caused political change in the past? Really excited to hear more about your experiences!
- 1stop 11y agoApple not being able to sell in china is pretty much unrelated to FoxConn assembling parts for them in China. Proof: The iPhone was released in china in like 2012 or something, There were no riots, and FoxConn was still handling the assembly... Sooo... Pretty sure your point is moot now.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoI imagine most of occupy movement protesters were iphone demographics? Same for russian winter protests, same for ukrainian revolution.