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Must be why my foreign employees always want to visit the Apple store before returning to their home.

Because iPhones are cheaper in the US and can be resold for profit/gifted.

Apple is the biggest company in the world by a pretty significant margin[0]. The clout they wield is absolutely insane and they could kill many things if they were so inclined.

[0] -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...

There are Apple stores in 25 countries, and engineering locations in 14 countries.

People use all Apple all over the world. The iPhone is massively popular in all wealthy countries and the MacBook dominates amongst developers in almost all of them.

It's about 80/20 iPhone/Android in North America, and in the rest of the world, it's the inverse.

Do you think a near-quarter of the market held by a single product line counts as 'isn't that popular'?

You're not wrong. HN crowd is known for having a majorly US centric view.

The country where a teen can get bullied if their messages show up green on iMessage. [1]

[1] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150211/05455029985/green...