Apple is well known patent troll that sues companies for round corners. They constantly try to make harder to repair their products and sue anyone who attempts to import part.[1] Why support there douchebags?
I see no need to pick the side here. I just take the product that suits me.
1: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3ppvj/dhs-seized-afterma...
Specifically for the matebook, Huawei stole a hinge design that allowed them to make their laptops thinner.
> An earlier Apple-related incident, according to one source, involved Huawei copying a 2016 connector design used to make the MacBook Pro hinge thinner while linking the display to the logic board. A similar component then appeared in Huawei's 2018 MateBook Pro, something achieved by shopping Apple's schematic around to various suppliers — most of which recognized the design and refused to build it. Eventually the company found a willing partner.
https://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/19/02/18/huawei-clo...
There's too much evidence against Huawei to dismiss their history of espionage.
Reverse engineering and designing to be similar to an existing successful product is one thing, but taking manufacturing schematics and manufacturing molds directly is a different ball game.
Which part exactly was cloned from Apple? You mention Chinese. Would you find it more ethical to buy an American clone of an Apple product?
The only thing this laptop has in common with a MacBook is the design aesthetic. But that goes for the a majority of laptops from all vendors from all over the world nowadays.
In fact, they went a step further by including some features that a Macbook doesn't have. Apple doesn't have exclusive rights on aluminum frames or the color silver. Or black keys... so what exactly did they clone, really?
The screen has rounded corners. Blatant theft of innovation.
You mean Xiaomi?
Sorry, but you're going to have to provide us a little more evidence when making these kinds of allegations. Don't all successful companies copy and steal? Nothing is really original nowadays, and hasn't been for hundreds of years. Shoulders of giants and all.
I don't mind being price gouged, I can afford it, but Apple no longer makes laptops suitable for me.
Employers have been threatening and actively trying to outsource my employment overseas my entire adult life. This drove a lot of people out of the software industry. I made the bet that they would be less successful than they planned. Now I gouge them for access to my rare skills - a problem they created. I could easily have been wrong and if that happened these companies would have not supported me out the goodness of their heart.
I always thought the “apple tax” was paying for a better experience with macOS. If you aren’t gointg to use macOS and use Linux instead it would make sense to buy the machine less expensive os (windows). Ideally you’d buy a machine without an os, but that’s not really an option on notebooks. If you wanted to revert to windows that windows based machine is also a better starting point.
I ended up buying a notebook with Linux pre installed. It’s been great and I’m surprised there weren’t more options for that route.
Unlike most, not everyone is inclined to pay for the privilege of closed source, proprietary walled gardens (like those from Apple). People, especially those who believe in open source and free software ideals, consider the above practice unethical, which is probably why they don't buy Chinese made Apple laptops. Those users are largely in favor of sharing technological innovations for the benefit of everyone, instead of guarding them for a select few. So, no it is not unethical because, in the end, it doesn't harm the end user.