So much for the “Think Different” anti-authoritarian ethos of Silicon Valley. Give these companies a big enough market and suddenly the most authoritarian nation-state becomes a potential partner instead of something that will be wiped away by the rise of personal technology and/or the trans-national companies that make them.
Except for the Huawei and ZTE handsets that’s apparently so packed with Chinese spyware that U.S. intelligence officials are warning Americans against buying them.
Otherwise, I don’t see much point for anyone with tech-fu to buy a locked-down but pretty device like the iPhone beyond signalling one’s ability to pay a hefty premium.
