Xiaomi is looking to tap into these old young adults that are getting their first houses. The US market has tons of competition for at the first of what's about how's already have appliances. Xiaomi, on the other hand, you go to country like India or Indonesia, where there just aren't that many Apple doesn't have that hold in part because they're just so expensive.
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.
Links
- 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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