Something’s cooking in Apple’s India business

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20 points·krsree··9 comments

Please do not read the linked article. It is, at best, a scattered collection of recent events concerning Apple's moves in India.

There is no illuminating insight or commentary.

I knew I went to the comments first for a reason.

I disagree. Not keeping up with Apple business news, I enjoyed the lengthy write-up which seemed balanced, well-researched and with surprisingly few grammar issues.

I disagree as well! At best, it is an opinion piece, and the arguments mentioned makes lot of sense. Eg, Apple's strategy of pushing refurbished phones makes lot of sense to apple given the numbers mentioned. But it comes across as insensitive to vocal commentators in india.

"And if all this isn’t enough, Cook has another situation on hand. Apple wants to sell refurbished phones because it has a carefully thought through strategy. But the Indian government won’t let it do that."

It seems the article has lots of insights, but wether they are correct is another matter.

these are the kind of articles/blogs/commentary i hate...a hook line with zero substance

That article reads like scrambled eggs without seasoning.

I wondered if it was political - i.e. the Indian government won't support Apple unless it invests heavily in software development in India.

Microsoft and Amazon don't get any favor in India even though they have big development shops in India.

I doubt it. There is lot of politics and bureaucracy in India. Microsoft has got lot of government projects which I think would not be possible without lot of lobbying and investments.

Amazon has just started there so it will take sometime before we get to know the details.

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