Apple pledges $10 million in Indonesia factory to circumvent iPhone 16 ban
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HANTU BLAWU, 05 Nov 2024Even though the majority want it to be banned from IndonesiaSince most of the politicians and riches here use iPhone, and second hand iPhone still has a big demand here, I don't think majority of people here want it to get banned, after all.
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potato4k, 05 Nov 2024LOL. Considering the rich politicians kids are using it, do... more*politicians and their family
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potato4k, 05 Nov 2024LOL. Considering the rich politicians kids are using it, do... moreI know, that's a joke lmao.
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Billy , 05 Nov 2024If Apple doesn't care about Indonesia, it won't r... moreLOL. Maybe look into what Apple said they would do. They literally only inject money into another company, not giving the money straight to Indonesia. And those Taiwanese are really cheapskates. Real benefit for the country would probably be not as huge as people would've thought.
If Apple cared about Indonesia, they would've set up shop in the country like the rest of SE Asian countries. Apple has stores in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, but not Indonesia. Ever wonder why?
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potato4k, 05 Nov 2024Like I said, Apple doesn't actually care about Indones... moreWell apparently they care, if not, they wouldn't invest 10 bilion dollars into some factory. Now, wouldn't they?
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If Apple wants to invest in Indonesia, it must comply with existing regulations, don't be like Sony which is no longer sold in Indonesia, Apple must pay the applicable taxes because some of All Indonesian people also pay taxes, so if a company like Apple doesn't pay taxes, it's embarrassing, companies like Samsung, even Xiaomi, Oppo, Infinix, Vivo, Realme, Poco, Techno pay taxes,
and it requires further consideration.
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Mytyping, 05 Nov 2024Eh? 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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Anonymous, 05 Nov 2024So, 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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potato4k, 05 Nov 2024Like 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😂
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nemesis8, 05 Nov 2024they have a lot of people but how many are actually buying ... moreWell you need to look it on the bigger scale.
If Apple is building a factory that probably will be a regional hub to supplier components.
Most of the neighbouring country have an official Apple store & Apple is definitely taking advantage of free trade zone around SEA region. Less cost, more money.
It's a strategic investment.
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nemesis8, 05 Nov 2024they 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.
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nemesis8, 05 Nov 2024they 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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Anonymous, 05 Nov 2024So, 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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Anonymous, 05 Nov 2024Apple 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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Anonymous, 05 Nov 2024So, 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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- 05 Nov 2024
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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- 05 Nov 2024
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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SShock, 05 Nov 20249,99 milLol, thats the case almost everywhere these days.
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Mytyping, 05 Nov 2024Eh? 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.