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Apple Has Relied More on China-Based Engineers During Pandemic
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I have a few friends that delt with Chinese entities in the past and I have yet to speak to anyone that has said, "I'm sure am glad we handed over our company's IP to the Chinese. Things worked out so well for us after we did."
Call it what you want but this is not a good thing for Apple.
That’s great news. They are Apple staff, they’re all in this together and working as a team to deliver world class consumer tech. Bravo!
No worries the data is rolling out now. Was another report that showed the extreme measures taken by some states (CA, NY etc) did not fare any better, or worse, than those went with less extreme measures. (TX, FL etc).
Or the CDC that recently said that 78% of all people hospitalized, ventilated or who died were obese...but as Bill Maher pointed out...you can’t say that anymore.
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Apple should put this on the box:
Conceived in California. Everything else in China.
Conceived in California. Everything else in China.
It is nuts how we get virtue signaling on fashionable causes and a seeming lack of any effort to get out of China. They should be investing tens of billions to get out of there as soon as possible.
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So you can't work from home, but you can work from China?
The lockdowns delayed the spread until effective vaccines and treatments could be developed and they reduced exposure of COVID to vulnerable people.
Anyway, I am slightly uneasy about Apple's nuzzling up to the PRC. in the long run, unless the PRC changes its ways, it will not be morally sustainable. What would Apple do if the PRC pulls the trigger and invades Taiwan? I would have said switch to using India, but then India refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine in the UN (like the PRC).
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I’m not happy continuing to buy Apple products if they stay in China. Without a major move out of China and preferably to western countries, or at least genuinely democratic countries, I’m likely going to just not replace Apple devices until they are completely non-functional. I’ve already given up on the Watch and I suspect I’ll end up going back to a single family laptop rather than each person having one.
"What would Apple do if the PRC pulls the trigger and invades Taiwan?"
Nothing. Apple likes money. They have invested quite heavily in China and the world knows what they do to the Uyghurs.
Can one not distinguish CCP criticisms from that of its citizens? Or too much nuance to digest?
It‘s a data laundering scheme. It’s a non-peer reviewed paper that surveys and summarizes other non-peer reviewed papers, 97% of which weren’t even written by epidemiologists. To say it is more accurate based on that just means you are defining “accurate” as “what I want to believe”. This paper is neither right nor wrong, it’s purely nonsense.
”Apple: Designed in California, Held Hostage in China.”
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apple's track record for not durable devices predates the air 5, the ipad pro 12.9 3rd, 4th gen, 11inch 2dn and 3rd gen, iphone 6 all comes to mind.
I mean if you look at the "new colour" updates recently, it's not really a surprise.
The cost of Chinese engineers in China is about 50% compared with the Bay Area, so it's not a huge difference.
Well, the prices have definitely been “engineered” at Cupertino. Well, as long as quality doesn’t suffer, it’s alright. If any issues do pop up, US-based engineers will have some cover now.
The Idea Apple is to become less reliant on China and fore on US manufacturing bring more manufacturing jobs back to the US.
What I can tell you is Apple's business and logistics will not be affected if the PRC acts on Taiwan militarily, as long as they take a neutral stance. Two weeks and everything will be back to normal.
Because the elites are very aware those are just disinformation smear campaigns to influence public opinion.
Dr. Fauci went to med school and he agrees with @Nicole1980's comment against China's current lockdown.
It's not gonna happen unless the US engineers become more competitive in the global labour market.