I disagree as well! At best, it is an opinion piece, and the arguments mentioned makes lot of sense. Eg, Apple's strategy of pushing refurbished phones makes lot of sense to apple given the numbers mentioned. But it comes across as insensitive to vocal commentators in india.

"And if all this isn’t enough, Cook has another situation on hand. Apple wants to sell refurbished phones because it has a carefully thought through strategy. But the Indian government won’t let it do that."

It seems the article has lots of insights, but wether they are correct is another matter.

I disagree. Not keeping up with Apple business news, I enjoyed the lengthy write-up which seemed balanced, well-researched and with surprisingly few grammar issues.

I knew I went to the comments first for a reason.

Microsoft and Amazon don't get any favor in India even though they have big development shops in India.