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Haier was a state controlled/ran company founded by the Chinese gov. Someone/team in their organization certainly still remember the days of being an untouchabl
by nirui 3y ago
Haier was a state controlled/ran company founded by the Chinese gov. Someone/team in their organization certainly still remember the days of being an untouchable. I'm glad that they regretted their wrong decisions and trying to hide it by walking away from it.
But, I suspect that this whole event might go differently if the community response was slightly weaker. I'd rather thank the community, not Haier.
Haier should probably start handing out real money to those independent devs who's still willing to work on their appliances after this.
- janice1999 3y agoThere was a now detailed comment in the GitHub thread reminding people that Haier "Europe" has an increasingly large manufacturing presence in Russia. Probably another good reason to avoid them.
- lionkor 3y agoThe west of Russia is part of Europe, whether you like that or not - A lot of people in western Russia consider themselves europeans, and visiting it feels like any eastern european country for the most part. As for why manufacturing in Russia would be a bad thing, I'm not sure, but I'm assuming you're referring to sanctions.
- meepmorp 3y ago> The west of Russia is part of Europe, whether you like that or not Literally nobody has a problem with that. What many people don't like is Russia's government and the way it's behaved towards everyone around them, for a few centuries at this point.
- beeboobaa 3y agoSure and I believe I'm a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. Doesn't make it true. Go shill somewhere else, troll.
- justinclift 3y agoOn that note: https://leave-russia.org/haier https://leave-russia.org/haier
- RobotToaster 3y agoIt's wild to see people using European executives being dirtbag capitalists as an excuse for sinophobia.
- nirui 3y agoI was commenting on the situation I know based on context, as well as my background knowledge and opinions. If you interprets any criticism towards few Chinese companies as Sinophobia, then that's sounds like your problem. Also, maybe it's true that the entire thing was caused by one (I quote it from your comment) "European ... dirtbag", but that assumption is as true as almost any assumption under this context. When I (and most people, really) criticize an international company, I'll not single out one of their local branch. When you criticizing Apple, will you specifically direct your complain towards say Apple UK? Why don't direct your anger towards the very top, where the power of uniformed change is concentrated? That's the most effective way of bringing changes out for everybody.
- polski-g 3y agoDuring the covid outbreak, China banned domestic travel flights but allowed egress international flights. China is not your friend.
- hnu234 3y agoIs it wild though? The anti-china shills ( paid and unpaid ) have been vocal for a few years now. Almost any thread having anything remotely to do with china has them.