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The current issue is that Huawei is blacklisted due to US’s economic war. Microsoft’s Windows Phone would have been no better, quite the contrary, at least you
by bad_user 7y ago
The current issue is that Huawei is blacklisted due to US’s economic war.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone would have been no better, quite the contrary, at least you can fork Android, at least it supports alternative app stores.
- hellofunk 7y ago>Huawei is blacklisted due to US’s economic war The trade war is not why this company, in particular, is blacklisted.
- klez 7y agoAt this point I have to start doubting anything I read so far, then. What is the reason?
- zwaps 7y agoIp theft and cirumventing sanctions. To see no relation to the trade war is, however, a tad naive.
- yourbandsucks 7y agoLike you say, it's allegedly entirely about the iran sanctions. In practice, it's clearly a trade war thing and I'd be willing to bet quite a bit that there was a personal thing between Huawei's loudmouth CEO and our vindictive president.
- artificial 7y agoI think the trade war is interesting. If this were a street fight where someone hit you (for decades) and you hit back and the perception trumpeted is suddenly you’re escalating things. Compare it to the previous administration which had excellent relations and plenty of IP theft and those companies could demand whatever with little recourse. Definitely politics but not as usual.
- yourbandsucks 7y agoThe Chinese were playing by exactly the rules we set and asked them to play by, for decades. American companies were ecstatic to outsource manufacturing someplace cheap. Only in the last couple years have people gotten upset and started calling them cheaters or whatever, retroactively. It raises some questions. Are we blaming them for our inability to socialize our gains from trade? Were we expecting them to never learn and move up the value chain?
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoThe irony is that all these complaints about IP theft started to flare up once China started to invest heavily in R&D and started pulling ahead in certain high-tech sectors. The real fear isn't that China is stealing IP, but that it might surpass the US economically. Huawei is a perfect example of this. Their heavy investments in the development of 5G and resulting dominance are precisely what caused them to become a target of the US government.
- effingwewt 7y agoI love how you act like Huawei did nothing wrong. We don't just think they stole IPs, we don't just think Huawei are run by and for their government. The American economy is far from perfect but I seriously doubt that anyone at this point sees China's economy or level of self-built technology a threat. Sure, most people have a bias or a slant, and it often comes out in what we write, but do you honestly think anyone who sees you are a brand new account and sees your comments here will think anything other than 'insert_country_here apologist'? And that it happens on every story critical of china? Seriously it gets old.
- yourbandsucks 7y agoWhat IP did Huawei steal, specifically? Can you name it without googling? Scouts honor. It's not cool to accuse people of being Chinese shills, especially people with semi-obscure Greek names that they're very much in character of.
- anonffghhuyv 7y ago> Huawei’s loudmouth CEO Um, from the interviews I’ve been reading Ren has been nothing but gracious and well spoken. He thanks all the US companies that have helped him and urges his compatriots to not “retaliate” because the US companies need to follow US laws.
- yourbandsucks 7y agoThat was too strong, you're right. I'm just noticing that Huawei is conspicuously singled out, and Trump is the kind of guy to do that over some petty personal slight.