It's not $1b for an app. Its for 87% of the ride sharing marketshare. They eventually want self-driving Apple cars driving people all over China (and eventually the world).
This $1B is a temporary ticket out of jail for Apple. Intel had to pay its $1.5B last year, Qualcomm didnt pay and was fined >$1B for 'abusing monopoly position'.
what....? Apple is thriving in China. Everyone and their mom has taken out loans to buy an IPhone. I'm not even exaggerating.
Foreign cars outsell the locals brands by a large margin