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Not going to happen. Apple is bigger than Indian government.
by iamgopal 6y ago
Not going to happen. Apple is bigger than Indian government.
- infinityplus1 6y agoIt might have a better chance than Epic on getting a different app store on iOS devices.
- surendrajat 6y agoIn what sense exactly?
- mgreenleaf 6y agoI was curious about government vs corporation revenues, which are imperfect measures, but an interesting comparison and quickly found this: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/corporations-not-countries-dominate-the-list-of-the-world-s-biggest-economic-entities https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/10/corporations-not-coun... The raw data appears to be here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Jdgaz_qGg5o0m_6NCU_L9otur2x1Y5NgbHL26c4rQM/edit#gid=1364122473 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12Jdgaz_qGg5o0m_6NCU_... And it seems that India just barely beats Apple on the list. But it makes clear that most countries have less revenue than the largest companies.
- luckylion 6y agoEconomies are usually considered by looking at GDP though. Walmart, Apple etc would still be impressive, but not quite as much.
- mgreenleaf 6y agoTrue, and companies spend a massive amount of their revenue in operations, whereas I would assume governments have much more disposable income for activities other than putting capital into daily production.
- indymike 6y agoGiven that most governments spend more than they take in and can print money...