I think this is driven by their completion and the lack of cooperation in the electronics industry these days. Google does the same, and then they make their products work poorly on apple hardware, so apple has to make their own. Same with amazon, amazon is a content producer, and they exclude Apple TV so apple has to make their own. Microsoft and Nintendo makes games but they don't work on apple hardware so... apple has to make games to stay competitive in their main business.
I think the world would be a better place if technology companies would agree to segregate and work on what they do best, but unfortunately those kinds of alliances were tried in the past and guess what? Microsoft copied the apple portion and sold it themselves (Windows). IBM and Motorola could not compete with intel when apple struggled and where is their chip business now? Non existent.
All these companies are struggling to maintain these ecosystems so they can sell their products because their hardware makers in Asia are creating their own ecosystems and are trying to lock them out or are outright stealing their ideas before they get to market with them (Samsung, etc). This is why apple is trying to protect itself by making batteries, CPUs and eventually iPhones and Macs.
Just walk down any Chinese city... not only are these companies subsidized they practically are the government.
The idea of fair competition is non existent. I went to a mall in Shanghai... ten floors high. The building was made by the government. There where three American stores out of about 100 allowed in there. Burger King (god save us), Starbucks and toys r us. Burger King was in the second basement at the very back all the other restaurants where on floors 9 and 10... clearly they did not chose that spot. Starbucks had a fairly good spot, hidden on the third floor, but better than Burger King. Toys R Us had a nice spot with the other toy stores... great right? Until you realize toys r us has been out of business for 5 months and this is just a clone of the whole store.
There is your citation... primary source.. me.
Well having been to China... it may be that most people make almost no money.... but there is a huge middle class probably bigger than in most European countries with tons of disposable income. 1000 for the is nothing. There is an entire block of mclaren shops in Shanghai including mini mclaren for the kids. You think those are cheap?
That is because the Chinese government requires US companies to partner with local companies in order to do business in China. Imagine the uproar if Americans required BMW to build cars in factories designed to copy BMW cars and sell them as their own. Yet because of the cheap labor we allow Chinese companies to get away with it. Guess what... itâ(TM)s not as cheap as you think when it will put you out of business in 5 years. Want good cheap labor... go to a country that actually gives a dam about intellectual property.
I recently made a trip to Shanghai, I can tell you every American and European product is being sold in huge quantities... great right? Well guess again.. everything is counterfeit.
Well.... Chinese companies are flooding the whole world with dirt cheap copies of apple devices. Every single device since 2006 has a Chinese look alike clone... down to the non standard screws on the casing of the 2011 MacBook Air.
Itâ(TM)s just like what they are doing to all design companies from gucci to Bose to mevodo. I know some of you think design of devices is something you should be free to copy, but a lot of money spent hiring the best designers and making designs. Apple cant just change their design Willy nilly because the entire product line is consistent. Honestly, the way these Chinese companies are operating is predatory, I think they are making these devices at a loss... probably subsidized by the Chinese government so that apple goes out of business. These products should be banned from sale in US and Europe.
If they copied the outside almost exactly, you donâ(TM)t think they copied the insides too? Same logic board design, same component sets... same.... need I go on?
Those are you defending these practices and saying its consumer freedom... ask yourselves, what kind of freedom are you going to have when apple, google, sony, even samsung are gone and you have to buy Chinese government subsidized smartphones and computers? You think thinks will be as cheap as they are now? Want a hint... look at any industry that has been decimated by Chinese clones.
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The better title.... "Moon Crash in to Earth Allows Life", and being that I am a scientist... I also say it.
I think this is driven by their completion and the lack of cooperation in the electronics industry these days. Google does the same, and then they make their products work poorly on apple hardware, so apple has to make their own. Same with amazon, amazon is a content producer, and they exclude Apple TV so apple has to make their own. Microsoft and Nintendo makes games but they don't work on apple hardware so ... apple has to make games to stay competitive in their main business.
I think the world would be a better place if technology companies would agree to segregate and work on what they do best, but unfortunately those kinds of alliances were tried in the past and guess what? Microsoft copied the apple portion and sold it themselves (Windows). IBM and Motorola could not compete with intel when apple struggled and where is their chip business now? Non existent.
All these companies are struggling to maintain these ecosystems so they can sell their products because their hardware makers in Asia are creating their own ecosystems and are trying to lock them out or are outright stealing their ideas before they get to market with them (Samsung, etc). This is why apple is trying to protect itself by making batteries, CPUs and eventually iPhones and Macs.
This guy is a total idiot... but he is stating the ovious
My bad... https://patentlyo.com/patent/2... They just acquired all their IP...
Just walk down any Chinese city... not only are these companies subsidized they practically are the government. The idea of fair competition is non existent. I went to a mall in Shanghai... ten floors high. The building was made by the government. There where three American stores out of about 100 allowed in there. Burger King (god save us), Starbucks and toys r us. Burger King was in the second basement at the very back all the other restaurants where on floors 9 and 10... clearly they did not chose that spot. Starbucks had a fairly good spot, hidden on the third floor, but better than Burger King. Toys R Us had a nice spot with the other toy stores... great right? Until you realize toys r us has been out of business for 5 months and this is just a clone of the whole store. There is your citation... primary source.. me.
Well having been to China... it may be that most people make almost no money.... but there is a huge middle class probably bigger than in most European countries with tons of disposable income. 1000 for the is nothing. There is an entire block of mclaren shops in Shanghai including mini mclaren for the kids. You think those are cheap?
Apple bought Freescale many years ago... engineers and all. Apple soc are based on Freescale technology.
That is because the Chinese government requires US companies to partner with local companies in order to do business in China. Imagine the uproar if Americans required BMW to build cars in factories designed to copy BMW cars and sell them as their own. Yet because of the cheap labor we allow Chinese companies to get away with it. Guess what... itâ(TM)s not as cheap as you think when it will put you out of business in 5 years. Want good cheap labor... go to a country that actually gives a dam about intellectual property. I recently made a trip to Shanghai, I can tell you every American and European product is being sold in huge quantities... great right? Well guess again.. everything is counterfeit.
Well.... Chinese companies are flooding the whole world with dirt cheap copies of apple devices. Every single device since 2006 has a Chinese look alike clone... down to the non standard screws on the casing of the 2011 MacBook Air. Itâ(TM)s just like what they are doing to all design companies from gucci to Bose to mevodo. I know some of you think design of devices is something you should be free to copy, but a lot of money spent hiring the best designers and making designs. Apple cant just change their design Willy nilly because the entire product line is consistent. Honestly, the way these Chinese companies are operating is predatory, I think they are making these devices at a loss... probably subsidized by the Chinese government so that apple goes out of business. These products should be banned from sale in US and Europe. If they copied the outside almost exactly, you donâ(TM)t think they copied the insides too? Same logic board design, same component sets... same .... need I go on?
Those are you defending these practices and saying its consumer freedom... ask yourselves, what kind of freedom are you going to have when apple, google, sony, even samsung are gone and you have to buy Chinese government subsidized smartphones and computers? You think thinks will be as cheap as they are now? Want a hint... look at any industry that has been decimated by Chinese clones.