offices Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), from South Korea were visited today by the investigators of the local authorities, one day before the iPhone X was officially launched in the country. We are talking about an unprecedented move for those from Cupertino, but it comes in a country where corruption is the order of the day, local corporations using their money to attack their competitors.
The investigators wanted to analyze the documentation of the Apple company regarding how it carries out its activity in the country, and this after years and years of selling its products there. However, the investigation raises questions in a country where the authorities have a habit of harassing foreign companies to protect local ones.
2 years ago the authorities in South Korea started a large-scale investigation to see to what extent the local smartphone market is affected by companies like Apple. Then Apple reached a 33% market share in South Korea, and it seems that Samsung and LG are a bit afraid of what the iPhone X could do to their sales in the coming months.
So far, the authorities in South Korea have not provided information about what they did, but it is unlikely that they will because that is how they act there. The Apple company is obliged to operate in this system or leave the country, but it will not do that because its local sales have been very good for several years.
"Metro.co.uk has learned that investigators visited Apple's HQ earlier this week to ask questions about its business practices ahead of the launch of the smartphone tomorrow. The raid is likely to raise questions about whether South Korean authorities are trying to hamper the success of the X, which has sold out across the world. Apple products are wildly popular in South Korea, which is home to several giant tech firms including Samsung and LG."
