Posted on 03/05/2024 7:13:36 AM PST by zeestephen
Apple is facing a tough environment in its key market, China. Several notable trends are adding pressure, not least of which is intense competition from local Chinese smartphone makers - including a resurging Huawei.
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Lesson Learned?
NEVER let China with 10,000 miles of your technology!
The same can be said of Apple. They’ve stolen so much over the years from other companies as well. What goes around comes around.
The only thing Communist Chinese can’t steal is honesty.
On top of a $2 Billion judgement by the EU, it's time for Tim Cook to GO!
Since the US government is trying to stop China from getting cutting edge integrated circuit manufacturing technology, Mainland China and Mainland Chinese have retaliated against Apple by buying Huawei phones instead.
Gotta be the case. Who wouldn’t want an iPhone?
The Europeans don't appear to be too fond of Apple either.
Plunge is due to “let it rot” attitude: where young people buy only what they need and only what does the job the cheapest. And the CCP edict that only Chinese-made phones can be used for official business.
None of that has anything to do with Apple, innovation, appeal, or the quality of their phones.
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