This is awful. I don’t think China would have kicked out Apple. Right now the default is iCloud is on. It’s on Apple to change that default to off in China, and only turn it on after a very very clear warning is presented to the user, with periodic reminders. Lives > convenience.https://twitter.com/rondeibert/status/967401214886363136 …
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But cost of switching in China is cheap, as the mobile experience is WeChat, not the OS, so a lockout for native Android only options would be viable. And the luxury elite would still get their grey market imports at 1.5-2x prices. Even better signaling
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I viewed "kicking out" as cutting off access to network infrastructure, which would be a major pain for elites too.
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An iPhone that can't access app store, can't update, etc. is pretty unappealing.
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Sure, but they probably wouldn’t go that far. Just cut off commercial sales. Would slash iPhone sales by millions of units, and be effectively the same thing to Apple. But maybe they’d go full great firewall, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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