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without IP these high margin American technology is copyable, which China has already shown they can do that.
by hemantv 9y ago
without IP these high margin American technology is copyable, which China has already shown they can do that.
- nostromo 9y agoAmerican technology companies don't rely on IP restrictions as much as they used to. You couldn't copy Facebook, Google, Apple, or Amazon's products and services effectively on a global scale even if they had no IP restrictions. And China is the second largest market for American movies, which absolutely require IP law to function. So I think this concern is overstated.
- gaius 9y agoSure. But I predict in 10 years we will all buy Huawei networking kit and everyone will have forgotten there ever was a company called Cisco (for example).
- prodmerc 9y agoHuawei will shamelessly give away all your data to the Chinese government. At the very least it looks like Cisco doesn't willingly do that with the NSA. That should count for something. Else we'll have to learn to trade like the Chinese, and it's almost inconceivable - they'll fuck you the first chance they get, like some third world shithole, they have no principles in my experience.
- gaius 9y agoIt's clear that the Chinese are playing economics to win, while the West is playing like it's still just a game. It's kinda weird when you think about it. A Western manager thinks that Chinese or Indians are content to do as they are told and lack the ability or ambition to compete, so just outsource the work. But the truth is they are just as smart as anyone, and have the same aspirations as everyone else and are ruthless about getting it just as the West was in the imperial colonial days.
- prodmerc 9y agoWell, I don't care about that, I just want to get what we agreed on, not get good quality samples and then subpar shit that uses cheaper metal for the end product. Also if you want quality control, you need to have your own man doing that as the factory just doesn't give a fuck. I get that it's all cheaper, if that's the problem let it be more expensive, not lower quality.
- kcanini 9y agoChina has shown that they are very adept at copying American high-tech innovation. * Facebook: WeChat/Weibo * Google: Baidu * Apple: already being made in China, clones everywhere * Amazon: Alibaba
- zht 9y agore: Facebook On the contrary, WeChat is leaps and bounds ahead of Facebook Messenger (which is a more direct comparison). If you've watched Facebook Messenger over time, it's actually Facebook Messenger that's aspiring to be the WeChat of the west.
- prodmerc 9y agoI was intrigued by Tencent's offer of 1TB of storage, installed the app and it immediately started uploading all of my phone's content to their cloud. Haha, great fucking service, just amazing.
- mazerackham 9y agoActually Facebook has shamelessly copy-catted WeChat continuously over the last 2 years
- thablackbull 9y agoWe prefer to use the term, seeking inspiration as opposed to copying, over here =P
- FooBarWidget 9y agoSome Chinese products are better, but PLEASE remove Baidu from that list. Baidu has been ridiculous for the past few years: I can't find anything on Baidu, pretty much the entire first page is full of irrelevant ads; all my Chinese friends are complaining about that too. I use Baidu Maps every time I visit China. Heavily disappointed, it comes nowhere near Google Maps's quality.
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- ximeng 9y agohttps://qz.com/981277/the-fast-furious-franchise-is-huge-in-china-but-probably-isnt-making-much-money-there/ https://qz.com/981277/the-fast-furious-franchise-is-huge-in-... Hollywood movies do well in China but aren't particularly profitable.