HP wages a bitter, and ultimately futile, battle against China
Two recent developments surrounding the American technology company HP (Hewlett-Packard) illustrate this paradox in a way that feels almost literary. On the one hand, HP, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most established technology giants, pays licensing fees to Huawei, a Chinese company placed on Washington's infamous 'Entity List'.
On the other hand, HP wages a bitter, and ultimately futile, battle against an ecosystem of compatible ink cartridges worth only 3 dollars, produced in the Chinese city of Zhuhai. Together, these two stories tell a profound tale of the hollowness of Western decoupling rhetoric, the decadence of monopolistic business models, and the unstoppable advance of Chinese technological sovereignty.
Two recent developments surrounding the American technology company HP (Hewlett-Packard) illustrate this paradox in a way that feels almost literary. On the one hand, HP, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most established technology giants, pays licensing fees to Huawei, a Chinese company placed on Washington's infamous 'Entity List'.
On the other hand, HP wages a bitter, and ultimately futile, battle against an ecosystem of compatible ink cartridges worth only 3 dollars, produced in the Chinese city of Zhuhai. Together, these two stories tell a profound tale of the hollowness of Western decoupling rhetoric, the decadence of monopolistic business models, and the unstoppable advance of Chinese technological sovereignty.