mayfly

avon b7 said:

mayfly said:

avon b7 said:

I have to chuckle:

"This is textbook Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behavior - promote PRC (People's Republic of China) national champions in telecommunications, and slowly squeeze western companies' market access"

And what was the whole Huawei thing in the US about then? 

Slightly more of a squeeze! 

No way Apple would be complicit in allowing the NSA to install spyware on their iPhones for sale in China, the way the Chinese did on Huawei phones for sale here.

There was no mention of any of that in the quoted text. It amounted to protectionism, not spying.

Apple or Huawei wouldn't have to be complicit in anything when it comes to the NSA or Chinese equivalents. 

We know a fair bit about the NSA's activities though thanks to Snowden. 

As far a protectionism goes, the US had no cutting edge ICT infrastructure to protect but strong-arming Huawei out of the US (see the 2017 AT&T/Huawei situation) absolutely did protect Apple from Huawei on US soil.

That's why the quote is laughable. 

It was spying. And what you don't know can definitely hurt you. An FBI investigation in 2017 determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications. The FBI uncovered Chinese-made Huawei equipment atop cell towers near US military bases in the rural Midwest. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the FBI determined the equipment was capable of capturing and disrupting highly restricted Defense Department communications, including those used by US Strategic Command, which oversees the country’s nuclear weapons.

And you've obviously forgotten about the generous $100 million "Chinese Garden" Huawei was going to build on the highest spot in Washington, D.C.,  to be built 2 miles from the Capitol, using only parts delivered from China with "diplomatic pouch" designation, preventing inspection by US intelligence.

I don't know if you're a Chinese troll, but you sure sound like one.

avon b7 said:

I have to chuckle:

"This is textbook Chinese Communist Party (CCP) behavior - promote PRC (People's Republic of China) national champions in telecommunications, and slowly squeeze western companies' market access"

And what was the whole Huawei thing in the US about then? 

Slightly more of a squeeze! 

No way Apple would be complicit in allowing the NSA to install spyware on their iPhones for sale in China, the way the Chinese did on Huawei phones for sale here.

scoodog said:

What this article fails to explain is this:  What's the big deal if Apple creates its own 5G chip vs. uses a chip developed by another company?

Consumers won't know the difference. Apple shareholders will.

I want to see Apple develop an AI powered music generator. It would be great to see it write better songs than 99% of the crap being performed by Disney "Pop Tarts" and Boy Bands using auto-tune. And who or what couldn't write better tune than a revenge song about ex-boyfriends like Taylor Swift? (Who are these tools willing to hook up with her, anyway?)

Free??

I'd pay to attend!