Sources: Meta is struggling to move hardware manufacturing out of China; after abandoning its smartwatch plans, the company is still working on a wrist wearable
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@tguemes
Celestino Güemes
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Tim Cook is more “diplomatic” than Mr. Zuck, but then, they have much bigger device market to protect globally. “Made-in-China labels become a problem for Meta's anti-China stance” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@gary__dubya
Gary Wang
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“Internal concerns about the hardware push intensified last year, when some executives worried that the anti-China strategy...would hurt its business ambitions and be viewed by the public and regulators as hypocritical” tech/govt influence is bidirectional https://www.washingtonp…
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@pitts_man
Pitts
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So on top of everything else, Meta's bet on winning the next computing platform involves cutting themselves off from China? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@fungaichiposi
@fungaichiposi
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How does a company become anti a whole country? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@rnaudbertrand
Arnaud Bertrand
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Turns out “I'm anti-China, the country that makes the stuff my company's future relies on” isn't such a smart positioning after all... https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@pstasiatech
Paul Triolo
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Facebook's hardware ambitions are undercut by its anti-China strategy ...now Meta has a growing problem: The social media service wants to transform itself into a powerhouse in hardware, and it makes virtually all of it in China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@geoffreyfowler
Geoffrey A. Fowler
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“Made in China” comes with baggage for Facebook https://twitter.com/...
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@lizzadwoskin
Elizabeth Dwoskin
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NEW: Facebook has spent the last several years bashing China. Now it needs it factories to make hardware. Via Me & @cdcshepherd https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...