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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C (appleinsider.com)
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Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C::Apple has urged the Indian IT ministry to make changes to its single charger rules, as adding USB-C to older iPhone models will make it hard for Apple to meet production targets for India's manufacturing and export laws.

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[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If this were a small country, yes that is what would happen. In the second most populous country, I suspect that's too huge of a market to just accept as a loss.

Once a customer leaves the apple ecosystem they're unlikely to return to it. So they would lose those customers forever.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

Fun fact for the day: India overtook China as the most populous country at the beginning of this year.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, Apple's marketshare in India is tiny, so they can leave without too much loss.

Also, India is now the world's most populous country. :-(

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

That also means that there's still a huge potential for growth, before competitors reel in their potential customers. If they let other manufacturers divide the market among themselves, it may be harder to gain market share later.