• Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyz
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    13 days ago

    As a global company, Apple could just re-establish itself in europe, e.g. Ireland, and continue trading with China, they can just put the US on hold for a couple of years.
    Meanwhile for those who really addicted to istuff, coyotes can smuggle iphones across the border, so maybe this solves the fentanyl ‘issue’.

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      13 days ago

      Hehe that is funny, sadly I think the US is Apples biggest market, so they probably wouldn’t want to let go and give up any marketshare.

      US usually is the most important market for most (international) companies I believe.

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        13 days ago

        US has only 4% of the world’s population, there are now plenty of super-rich in China, India, etc. who like to flaunt i-stuff.

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          11 days ago

          I have no source, but I remember seeing a graph of where iPhones sell and places like China/India were 80% android phones (mostly Samsung I think).

          I don’t think the asian marketplace puts Apple products in such high regard as the US.

          Samsung phones are still premium, I think they appeal more in other countries.

          I see what you mean though with 20% of just China being almost the US population, but they are still losing 300m customers.