<story><title>Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China</title><url>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/apple-china-tv-protesters-hong-kong-tim-cook</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mokash</author><text>Apple are beholden to China. Sure, China is a huge market for them but I think the bigger issue is manufacturing: if they piss China off they won’t have anything to sell, anywhere! I’m sure Apple execs know this and I hope they’re quickly planning to reduce, if not remove this dependency.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Teever</author><text>Can I ask you why you have this particular hope?&lt;p&gt;Is it because you are a user of apple products and hope that you will continue to do so in the future because you are dependent on them?&lt;p&gt;Is it because you believe that apple is a good company and you hope for the best for them?&lt;p&gt;Why should we hope for the best for a company that has made hundreds of billions off of offshoring jobs to an authoritarian country with little regard for investing in manufacturing in America?&lt;p&gt;The way I see it is that if China decides to squeeze Apple by restricting their production it will be a fair comeuppance for a company that has seen fit to extract billions in wealth from developers through their app store and has sought to turn their commodity hardware into status symbols to extract even more wealth from middle class people who want to feel like they&amp;#x27;re more than middle class.&lt;p&gt;If the executives at Apple had any foresight and any interest beyond self interest they would have encouraged domestic production a decade or more ago.  Instead we have a situation where people are crying for poor Apple, a company who that has more money than god and who could have used that to create their own supply chain domestically which would have  had tremendous benefits for America and the American people.&lt;p&gt;Instead they have chose to consort and ultimately enable an authoritarian country into a situation where they now pose a legitimate threat both militarily and culturally to America,  the albeit flawed but last best hope for freedom in the world.&lt;p&gt;Think different indeed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple told some Apple TV+ show developers not to anger China</title><url>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/apple-china-tv-protesters-hong-kong-tim-cook</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mokash</author><text>Apple are beholden to China. Sure, China is a huge market for them but I think the bigger issue is manufacturing: if they piss China off they won’t have anything to sell, anywhere! I’m sure Apple execs know this and I hope they’re quickly planning to reduce, if not remove this dependency.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jjeaff</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s mind boggling to me that Apple has become so big, and a huge majority of their revenue is still coming from outsourced products.</text></comment>