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Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales after ban on iPhone 16
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (57 points, 4 days ago, 90 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967120
- chromion1212 2y agoIn one hand, it is a short sighted protectionsm policy. but then, most of us Indoneasian cant afford it anyway. I am not sure which one make me more upset.
- jfengel 2y agoDo the Indonesians have anything to protect? Is there a native smartphone industry? In discussions of the Apple ban, it was said that they were punishing Apple for not investing as much locally as they promised. Did Google have a similar issue? And if so, what are Indonesians going to do? (The answer, I suspect, is smuggle iPhones and Androids.)
- JCharante 2y agoGood on them. I encourage the freedom of protectionist policies because then in five years the average local will realize their government is dumb for doing it.
- dmitrygr 2y agoAnd what happens when every country does this? This weakness in failing to consider second-order consequences that we see everywhere today is saddening.
- langsoul-com 2y agoThen there's more reason to be the first. If a phone company already has 3 factories in a region, the 4th nation probs isn't worth it. Look at China or India, they started first and have massive advantages because rolling back that hefty and entrenched investment isn't worth it.
- Spivak 2y agoWell don't keep us waiting, what happens?
- ulfw 2y agoLot of countries do this to varying degrees already. India, Brazil, in some industries the US...
- hu3 2y ago> The Indonesian rule requires tech companies to source 40% of handset and tablet components domestically, a requirement that can be met through local manufacturing, firmware development or direct investment in innovation projects interesting. I wonder if the math is worth the investment.