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Re Apple: How is the US protecting its market against other smartphone manufacturers?

by baxtr 2y ago

guappa 2y ago
Check how many people have iphones in europe compared to usa
- milesrout 2y ago
  That is because iPhones are better and the US is much richer than Europe on average.
  - jakupovic 2y ago
    Thanks for your opinion. Oh forgot, lol. Markets are efficient and if the Europeans and rest of the world are not married to a US company(Apple) that doesn't mean the other product is inferior, the Samsung phone for example.
    - drstewart 2y ago
      Now explain why iPhone is more popular in Denmark, Norway, Monaco, Andorra, Iceland, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland than they are even in the US. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma... Efficient markets at work, right?
      - guappa 2y ago
        Because markets aren't efficient. Certainly it's not income related; compare germany and lithuania, or italy and albania.
      - wqaatwt 2y ago
        It might be more popular in those countries but backing these claims using random maps that are clearly incorrect doesn’t really do much to strengthen your argument.
  - CharlieDigital 2y ago
    Post 2020 (?) hardware is all pretty good; not much delta, IMO, for most people. Firefox mobile with uBlock is a game changer. I'm on a 5 y/o Android and it's just dandy over here.
  - guappa 2y ago
    This sentence is a good example of how 2 falsehoods don't make a truth :)
  - guappa 2y ago
    So according to you Albania is massively richer than USA? https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma...
    - wqaatwt 2y ago
      These stats are absurdly incorrect and nonsensical. Iphone has 81% of the market in Lithuania of all places? Sure..
      - guappa 2y ago
        Do you have better ones?
        wqaatwt 2y ago
        Not really (which is an improvement over fake/random statistics)
    - deleted 2y ago
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arkh 2y ago
> How is the US protecting its market against other smartphone manufacturers? Huawei embargo?
- johannes1234321 2y ago
  That exists, but Samsung, Google, etc. still compete in the market. The Huawei block also is less about the mobile device, but network infrastructure where Erisson, Nokia etc. are active
oblio 2y ago
Beats me but Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, etc, etc are very popular worldwide, and they don't sell in the US. The EU is very stringent in technical requirements so that's not the key factor. Similar story with Chinese EVs. I don't know which exact protectionist measure is used, but it's there all right. If out in the open sea there are 100 sharks and none of them ever enter a 100x100 square, I don't really need to see the barrier to know something <<is>> keeping them out.

Re Apple: How is the US protecting its market against other smartphone manufacturers?

by baxtr 2y ago

Re Apple: How is the US protecting its market against other smartphone manufacturers?

guappa 2y ago

Check how many people have iphones in europe compared to usa

milesrout 2y ago
That is because iPhones are better and the US is much richer than Europe on average.
- jakupovic 2y ago
  Thanks for your opinion. Oh forgot, lol. Markets are efficient and if the Europeans and rest of the world are not married to a US company(Apple) that doesn't mean the other product is inferior, the Samsung phone for example.
  - drstewart 2y ago
    Now explain why iPhone is more popular in Denmark, Norway, Monaco, Andorra, Iceland, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland than they are even in the US. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma... Efficient markets at work, right?
    - guappa 2y ago
      Because markets aren't efficient. Certainly it's not income related; compare germany and lithuania, or italy and albania.
    - wqaatwt 2y ago
      It might be more popular in those countries but backing these claims using random maps that are clearly incorrect doesn’t really do much to strengthen your argument.
- CharlieDigital 2y ago
  Post 2020 (?) hardware is all pretty good; not much delta, IMO, for most people. Firefox mobile with uBlock is a game changer. I'm on a 5 y/o Android and it's just dandy over here.
- guappa 2y ago
  This sentence is a good example of how 2 falsehoods don't make a truth :)
- guappa 2y ago
  So according to you Albania is massively richer than USA? https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-market-share-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/iphone-ma...
  - wqaatwt 2y ago
    These stats are absurdly incorrect and nonsensical. Iphone has 81% of the market in Lithuania of all places? Sure..
    - guappa 2y ago
      Do you have better ones?
      - wqaatwt 2y ago
        Not really (which is an improvement over fake/random statistics)
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]

arkh 2y ago

> How is the US protecting its market against other smartphone manufacturers? Huawei embargo?

johannes1234321 2y ago
That exists, but Samsung, Google, etc. still compete in the market. The Huawei block also is less about the mobile device, but network infrastructure where Erisson, Nokia etc. are active

oblio 2y ago

Beats me but Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, etc, etc are very popular worldwide, and they don't sell in the US. The EU is very stringent in technical requirements so that's not the key factor. Similar story with Chinese EVs. I don't know which exact protectionist measure is used, but it's there all right. If out in the open sea there are 100 sharks and none of them ever enter a 100x100 square, I don't really need to see the barrier to know something <<is>> keeping them out.