These hot takes have really been blaming the consumer lately. Maybe because it sounds more intellectual to make broad stroke economic observations rather than t

These hot takes have really been blaming the consumer lately. Maybe because it sounds more intellectual to make broad stroke economic observations rather than talk about personal experiences with iOS versus Android phones, which often sound like flame wars. I think people should be honest. Instead of suggesting that Chinese consumers have this or that idiosyncratic (implied stupid) preference, for which they have only broad market evidence, commentators should just say what they actually know from personal experience: that Android phones really, truly suck. That WeChat is an ecosystem of jank. That most Chinese consumers are actually smart people and agree with that premise, to the tune of the billions they spent on iOS devices every year anyhow.