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Of course, that’s the whole point. It’s of no use to the CCP if they can’t control it.
by oxymoran 6y ago
Of course, that’s the whole point. It’s of no use to the CCP if they can’t control it.
- sthnblllII 6y agoIf China required Apple sell itself to Huawei to continue selling iPhones, US government would outright forbid the sale, even if China payed a fair price.
- TMWNN 6y agoPeople, including Chinese, buy iPhones because they're from Apple. No one, including Chinese, would buy Huawei "iPhones" because a) everyone would know that they're not from Apple, and b) if they wanted to buy a Huawei phone, they'd buy a Huawei phone.
- sthnblllII 6y agoSounds plausible. That’s completely irrelevant to my point however.
- TMWNN 6y agoNot at all. It's my way of saying that the US government would not bother forbidding the transaction. Further, did the US protest when China ordered Google out of the country in 2008? (And Facebook, but it wasn't nearly as large then.) No.
- sthnblllII 6y agoOk I see what you mean now. Google left voluntarily because China refused to let Google be a backdoor for US propaganda and surveillance. (exactly what tiktoc is accused of) and yes, the US protested loudly at the time.