Between the U.S. government and Apple have something in common, in addition to the American “residence” is a way of promoting their interests. This opinion was expressed by political analyst Oleksiy Kaftan.
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Take for illustration the last presentation of the “Yabloko”. Strictly speaking, nothing of a breakthrough it was not. The long-awaited iPhone 7 and even the flagship iPhone 7 Plus does not pull on the characterization of the “competitors killer” and certainly don’t deserve the reputation of “gamechanger” – changing the rules of the game.
There is nothing fundamentally new. The processor in half nimble? So it is no surprise that the average user speed boost may not even notice, and the “iron” of the new generation from the previous one are almost indistinguishable. Two rear camera for more depth images”? Also not news, Huawei in collaboration with Leica, a “pipe” for six months as it sells. A waiver of a standard port-minijack headphone in favor of the proprietary connector? So, again, Sony-Ericsson a decade ago, indulged in. Official vodopronitsaemosti? It was first demonstrated by another CeBIT-2002… Wireless headphones? Really funny: a bit improved Bluetooth. Agreements with developers about porting popular games on your device — the practice is an old and very popular.
Nevertheless, it is impossible not to admit the obvious: it sells well. And that, incidentally, is much more important – determines the future trend. And all the rest – from competitors to pirates and toy manufacturers will be forced to support it to stay in trend. The result is predictable: external unity with internal diversity. Smartphone – not necessarily the IPhone, but not necessarily – a “rectangle with rounded corners”. So why this standard in the future, no need to add water and a couple of cameras?
The US government does exactly the same thing. And “presentation”, organized by Washington in the last two weeks, is evidence of it. The first extension of sanctions against Russia from the Ministry of Finance was followed by the failure of the “Munich” format, the extension of EU sanctions, pressure on Syria, Turkey – subcontractor for the U.S. even more wayward than Nintendo for Apple stated that they agreed with Washington on the capture of Raqqa). Further – more sanctions from the Ministry of trade (approximation to the amendment of Jackson-Vanik, but tactically much more flexible), the positive decision of the Committee on human rights of the PACE on the unrestored affected rights of the great commodity superpower.
As the Obama administration time is limited, the richness of events to the end of the year will rapidly increase: the standard is already “rectangle” quickly cling to the new things.
