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It is also partly marketing. Apple has a lot of other pieces of the puzzle like privacy and racial equality and other socio-political issues well rounded up.

Loyal Apple fans and customers really like to identify with these principles.

Apple does this really well and most Chinese companies are transactional in nature and have been adversely affected by many political and humanitarian issues that are part of their ethos.

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I find it hard to believe that people are choosing Apple products over competitors because of anything to do with "racial equality". Especially since most of the components are manufactured in China, therefore by buying an Apple product (or basically any other piece of modern consumer electronics), you're helping to fund a racist ethnostate that's currently committing genocide.

What has Apple done to promote racial equality beyond the same vague performative gestures as every other major Western corporation?

Seems like to many people making nice statements about racial equality and donating money to black only initiatives is enough.

Working with actual genocidal governments is fine though, I mean it's what you say that matters, not what you do.

It's worth noting that 80% of Samsung smartphones are manufactured in Vietnam these days. Something people often forget even in today's geopolitical environment.

I wish Samsung used that fact in their marketing, I think it would really play well.

I’m curious how most Americans feel about Vietnam. Yes, it’s been 50 years, but the war was a huge part of a decade of internal turmoil and a pretty significant defeat for our military.

Samsung may feel that it’s risky to trade on that name in the U.S. market.

Vietnam might not be as bad as China but it still doesn't exactly have a stellar human rights record.

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