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That picture of the roll call at the Chinese factory --- do you think they would do that on the California campuses, which the article states have been the sour
by bagacrap 9y ago
That picture of the roll call at the Chinese factory --- do you think they would do that on the California campuses, which the article states have been the source of many leaks? I think not, they wouldn't stand for it. It seems like an abuse of power over the factory workers to treat the honest ones so distrustfully. It seems like there's an inherent flaw in your business if it's predicated on "surprise" rather than execution. Not to say Apple doesn't execute, but if they relied entirely on product quality over product cult this wouldn't be an issue.
- drewbailey 9y agoMaybe not for all parts of the U.S. campuses, sure. Those facilities aren't producing hundreds of thousands of new iPhones everyday. It wouldn't surprise me if there were similar security measures in place for areas where prototypes and sensitive information are handled though.
- tinus_hn 9y ago> Not to say Apple doesn't execute, but if they relied entirely on product quality over product cult this wouldn't be an issue. Reality check: nobody relies entirely on product quality. If people don't know your product exists they aren't going to buy it, even if it is the best in the world. Every company needs to let people know about their products, either by advertising, media events, expo presence, explicitly putting them in the hands of influencers etc.. It's just that Apple tends to create things people want and knows how to present that. So they only really have to announce a product exists and that they think it's great and there will be a huge amount of buzz, people will buy it and probably be happy with it.