Xiaomi is proposing to offer a superior offering because they're going to make it all. It's going to be fully integrated. And so Apple is fundamentally at a disadvantage. Now they're not really competing with Xiaomi because Xiaomi's made for different markets. Google on the other hand has the opposite problem and their strategy dictates that they serve everyone.
Ben and James discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique.
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- Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter
- Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Handicapping the Internet of Things – Stratechery
- When Charles Dickens fell out with America – BBC
- To Live (The film about the Cultural Revolution) – Wikipedia
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