Indonesia blocks Google Pixel sales after ban on iPhone 16

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26 points·jmsflknr··9 comments

> The Indonesian rule requires tech companies to source 40% of handset and tablet components domestically, a requirement that can be met through local manufacturing, firmware development or direct investment in innovation projects

interesting. I wonder if the math is worth the investment.

In one hand, it is a short sighted protectionsm policy. but then, most of us Indoneasian cant afford it anyway. I am not sure which one make me more upset.

Do the Indonesians have anything to protect? Is there a native smartphone industry?

In discussions of the Apple ban, it was said that they were punishing Apple for not investing as much locally as they promised. Did Google have a similar issue?

And if so, what are Indonesians going to do? (The answer, I suspect, is smuggle iPhones and Androids.)

Discussion (57 points, 4 days ago, 90 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967120

Good on them. I encourage the freedom of protectionist policies because then in five years the average local will realize their government is dumb for doing it.

And what happens when every country does this?

This weakness in failing to consider second-order consequences that we see everywhere today is saddening.

Then there's more reason to be the first. If a phone company already has 3 factories in a region, the 4th nation probs isn't worth it.

Look at China or India, they started first and have massive advantages because rolling back that hefty and entrenched investment isn't worth it.

Well don't keep us waiting, what happens?

Lot of countries do this to varying degrees already. India, Brazil, in some industries the US...

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