Apple pledges $10 million in Indonesia factory to circumvent iPhone 16 ban

05 November 2024
Apple has submitted its proposal to the Indonesian Ministry of Industry and awaits clearance on its device ban.

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  • 7 minutes ago

Mytyping, 8 hours agoEh? Only 10 million dollars? How disrespectful. Not even an... moreThat $10M was their remaining deficit from the promised $100M investment. They only paid 10M now since they invested $90M already.
Indonesian govt just wants them to pay up lol.

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    • 8 minutes ago

    Anonymous, 5 hours agoSo, when companies like Apple takes advantage of countries ... moreThey went to China because of cheap but skilled labor. All talk about US manufacturing won't mean anything when labor isn't cheap and no Americans want to work under Asian style conditions.

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      • 28 minutes ago

      potato4k, 7 hours agoLike I said, Apple doesn't actually care about Indones... moreIf Apple doesn't care about Indonesia, it won't respond to the ban imposed by the Indonesian government. But right now Apple looks very frightened of the ban😂

        nemesis8, 6 hours agothey have a lot of people but how many are actually buying ... moreMate, a simple googling result: 12% of market share of the 4th most populated country in the world (277,5 million). Most of them are young tech savvy user.

          nemesis8, 6 hours agothey have a lot of people but how many are actually buying ... moreYou're welcome to visit our country. Then you will find iPhones almost everywhere. It's quite a lot. Tim Cook lately always mentioned Indonesia on Apple's Quarterly Earning Calls.

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            • 3 hours ago

            Anonymous, 5 hours agoSo, when companies like Apple takes advantage of countries ... moreIt is not just 10 million. Indonesia asked for investments of over 100 million and Apple only invested about 90 million.

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              • 3 hours ago

              Anonymous, 4 hours agoApple has no requirement to set up a factory in Indonesia. ... moreHow does the Indonesian government try to hold its citizens hostage?

              What Indonesia asks for is simple: if you want to grab our citizens money with your overpriced status symbols by exploiting our inability to do the same with your country, then you have to give us something in return.

              In this case, Indonesia asks for a local factory to create job opportunities and to keep the effects of exploitment low.

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                • y26
                • 4 hours ago

                Anonymous, 5 hours agoSo, when companies like Apple takes advantage of countries ... moreApple has no requirement to set up a factory in Indonesia. This is a country policy allowing outside companies to sell product there under certain circumstances. It's all on Indonesian government and not Apple's responsibility.

                Governments often try to hold their citizens hostage from companies in ordered to persuade them to give them money and/or economic boosts.

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                  • 4 hours ago

                  I like how Chinese phone companies take advantage of opportunities in emerging countries to invest and gain market share and a sustainable industrial base, unlike Western companies that look at emerging developing countries with contempt and prefer not to invest unless there is a client government that allows them to trick and steal like what happens in my country.

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                    • 5 hours ago

                    So, when companies like Apple takes advantage of countries to get factories and free trained personell, they get bribes in the tens of BILLIONS, but when they have to set up a factory, the "almost" invest ten million bucks?
                    I'm guessing the reason Apple is now moving their R&D department from California to China is because the Americans didn't want to give them a few billions.

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                      • 6 hours ago

                      SShock, 9 hours ago9,99 milLol, thats the case almost everywhere these days.

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                        • 6 hours ago

                        Mytyping, 8 hours agoEh? Only 10 million dollars? How disrespectful. Not even an... moreThey had already invested but were falling short of the investment target by just 10 million.

                          they have a lot of people but how many are actually buying iphones?

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                            • 6 hours ago

                            Even though the majority want it to be banned from Indonesia

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                              • y26
                              • 6 hours ago

                              Mytyping, 8 hours agoEh? Only 10 million dollars? How disrespectful. Not even an... more277 million people

                                Well well. It only took a week until apple responded to Indonesia's apple ban. Then Indonesia Lift's iPhone 16 sales ban. And Indonesians can now purchase an iPhone.

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                                  • 7 hours ago

                                  potato4k, 7 hours agoLike I said, Apple doesn't actually care about Indones... morethat too for muck accessories

                                    403 Forbidden, 7 hours agoNahhhh, we should ban the iPhone usage in Indonesia too. No... moreLOL. Considering the rich politicians kids are using it, doubt that would ever happen.

                                      Mytyping, 8 hours agoEh? Only 10 million dollars? How disrespectful. Not even an... moreLike I said, Apple doesn't actually care about Indonesia. The risk vs benefit is too big to establish an actual shop there. India has Foxconn, while Vietnam is less restrictive for foreign investments.

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                                        • 7 hours ago

                                        Anonymous, 9 hours ago10 mil for apple is like 10 cents for a doctorgiving penny, taking nuts, btw after sufficient sales is over such factory is going to remain operative or with reduced workforce?

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