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I wonder if any of the people writing these sorts of articles ever have a realisation that people prefer affordable and effective goods, not overpriced garbage. Or maybe they're too insulated from the average person to ever understand that concept.
Every new American tech product seems to try to be the new Apple, with some shitty locked down ecosystem and expensive subscriptions for the dumbest details.
Meanwhile Chinese tech just does the job and isn't too expensive. They also got ton of niche stuff.
China is building for the consumer, USA is telling the consumer what they want.
It's the landlord mindset of the American mind trying to apply rent-seeking tactics to commodified goods.
And none of them seem to understand that Apple got big because they made consumer friendly stuff that worked and was an alternative to the bloated and locked down stuff from their competition, then they started doing all the shitty stuff once they got big enough. They just try to go straight for the cult of personality for their products.