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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 23:02:06 JST Ars Technica

   Apple and Tesla feel the pain as China opts for homegrown products

   Local competition, surge of BEVs, and security-related restrictions lead to changes.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/apple-and-tesla-feel-the-pain-as-china-opts-for-homegrown-products/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston (jmcrookston@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 23:04:40 JST Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston

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     @arstechnica

     Guo, who works at a government-affiliated think-tank and who asked that only his surname be published, said his office received the order late last year. “They gave us a deadline with a month and day by which we would have to stop using iPhones.”

     “They didn’t give us any subsidies, instead one day Huawei people came into our office with boxes of phones to sell, all 20 percent off,” he said. “Our whole building was fighting to get the phones.”

   • Sandhu (sandhu@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 02:16:29 JST Sandhu

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     @arstechnica Good! Fuvk these companies who betray their integrity and human rights chasing profits quarter after quarter. I say this as someone whose largest stock holdings are in Apple.