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Wouldn't people in Japan riot because they can't buy iPhones and be part of the tribe? There are few things in life people like more than their iPhones.
by onlyrealcuzzo 1y ago
Wouldn't people in Japan riot because they can't buy iPhones and be part of the tribe?
There are few things in life people like more than their iPhones.
- bad_haircut72 1y agoNobody is gonna riot over an iphone lmao
- bigyabai 1y agoI think you're extrapolating America's materialism to other cultures that don't necessarily care so much. There's not really any feature of the iPhone that can't be replaced by another product. It's only Americans that feel the need to slake brand loyalty with army-of-one boycotts.
- Alupis 1y agoThat's totally why 68.75% of Japanese smartphone users own an iPhone[1]... [1] https://magmatranslation.com/stats/en/mobile-usage-trends-in-japan#:~:text=The%20iPhone%20market%20share%20in,portion%20of%20the%20mobile%20market. https://magmatranslation.com/stats/en/mobile-usage-trends-in...
- bigyabai 1y agoI stand by what I said. Apple used to be the leading smartphone manufacturer in China, now they aren't even in the top 5. Sometimes things change, and I doubt China's in shambles because Airdrop isn't ubiquitous. I see no reason why Japan would be different. The notion that American tech companies are invincible is really only a view held by Americans. The overwhelming majority of people I speak to internationally don't care that much about computer brand loyalty.
- Alupis 1y agoMaybe not brand loyalty... but people, universally, want the best product available. Today, for a large portion of the world, that is perceived to be the iPhone. The iPhone being banned in Japan because of some policy dispute with the government is going to go over like a bag of wet cement. People may not care that it's "Apple", but they do care the "Best" is being banned for reasons the population doesn't care about.
- j_maffe 1y agoWho told you that these are reasons the population doesn't care about? I know at least in Europe there has been wide support for initiatives such as the DMA, even knowing what it would entail. You're running on conjecture here.
- Alupis 1y agoYou think the population of Japan will be ok with banning iPhones because their governments thinks other web browsers should run on the devices too? How many iPhone users, outside of a small group of "techies" are even aware there are other mobile browsers? Think about your parents or grandparents - not you, someone who has vastly more knowledge in this area. How many "normals" really care... I'd wager near zero.
- owebmaster 1y agoApple stop selling iphones won't take the iphones away, not many people care about their next one. The impact would be negligible and every other country would notice they can demand compliance.
- bigyabai 1y ago> You think the population of Japan will be ok with banning iPhones Why wouldn't they? Japan has no codified Apple-specific lock-in. Their citizens won't miss a criminally illegal iPhone any more than they demand to import the gold Escobar phone, Huawei handsets or the FBI's ANOM. It would be effortless from a legislation perspective and harm Apple far more than it harms Japanese people. Japan isn't part of FIVE-EYES, their government doesn't rely on Apple for surveillance purposes. There's no real potential for political blowback unless America's politicians take it personally. Japanese citizens would just buy different phones, no different from what China has already done (without any pushback). If America demands that they give Apple market access, they can embargo the iPhone under security pretenses instead.
- mvdtnz 1y agoWhich has absolutely zero bearing on what he said.
- izacus 1y agoHehehe, like Apple tried to pull "we'll keep back AI from EU as a punishment" ? Were there riots? :)
- peterspath 1y agoJust change your language to English on your device and you have it. They did not really try.