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They seem to be abandoning China, they are planning to move some 40% of the total iPhone production to India within the next couple of years, so China might no
by sgjohnson 4y ago
They seem to be abandoning China, they are planning to move some 40% of the total iPhone production to India within the next couple of years, so China might not have all that much leverage.
- adam_arthur 4y agoMore about consumer base than manufacturing for them. Doesn’t matter where they move production. Same reason they edit movies to appease chinese audiences
- brookst 4y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/media/hollywood-china-censors-box-office-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/media/hollywood-china-censors...
- three_seagrass 4y ago>They seem to be abandoning China Manufacturing, sure. Consumers? no. Apple traded it's privacy priority for profits back in 2017 when it gave backdoor access to all the iCloud backups - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...
- sgjohnson 4y agoThe times have changed in the past 5 years, going all out on China is simply untenable. Leaving China on the other hand is positive PR. Just because Apple couldn't officially sell any iPhones in China doesn't mean that the Chinese public would suddently stop coveting them. I don't think they'd blame Apple if it came to that.