Apple Stores That Aren't Apple: China's Fraud

[TwinJalanugraha]

In China... copyright means "copy it right"

[scottramirez]

China also doesn’t give a crap about patents

[davidmorse]

I used to repair pads, and from what I was told, Apple wouldn't sell replacement parts, so we had to buy them from China, so it makes sense that they could build their own.

[michaelmooney]

Ireland has Apple headquarter but no apple stores 😂

[axel_r_]

Those "counterfeits" are the original 😂

[spienaar]

The Chinese feel nothing for IP rights...

[truthbetold]

We have dollar stores where shit ain't a dollar anymore.😮

[bjabbbjabb]

Of course. They are the ones manufacturing apple actually. They send 50% to US and keep 50% for themselfs in these stores. You order 1, they make 2.

[KrisKlassen-vx]

They play with a DIFFRENT set of rules .

[RWagon-qq]

When I worked in publishing 30 years ago even then they printed our text books without permission.

[romeomartinez]

The U.S. has restaurants that sell hamburgers and they don’t have ham in them 🤔🤔🤔

[JackOFhearts]

China was like. "Oh yeah, so what are you gonna do about it?"

[katheebmuzammil]

They are just normal stores without a license to sell apple products. Almost all countries have phone shops that sell stuff like this.

[gekara]

Austria has apple stores that sell apples.
Crazy world we live in.

[movingfiber]

They're only "counterfeit" because Apple owners arent profiting of it.

[thefirsteverfacts]

While in the US they label things as food when it clearly isnt

[Hewhogreetswithfjre]

China also have a replica cities of Paris, London, Rome, New York…….

[tomc.]

When my brother was stationed in Korea he used to send me copies of fake dos and Windows operating systems as well as games and movies on DVD

[fomcfightclub]

I lived in China. They have entire malls setup like this. Selling fake Prada gucci etc

[CodyRaczniak]

China already manufactures the vast majority of Apple products through companies like Foxconn and Pegatron, which are responsible for assembling iPhones, MacBooks, and other devices in factories based in China. So while there may be concerns about counterfeit Apple stores or products, it’s important to note that legitimate Apple devices are produced in China to begin with. The notion that China is making replica stores doesn’t change the fact that the real Apple products are manufactured there as well. In essence, the core of Apple’s global supply chain is already deeply tied to China. Joes getting sloppy.