r/AnalogCommunity • u/taistolaisuus • Jul 19 '21

Kodak has deleted pictures of Xianjiang Uyghurs from their Instagram after pressure from Chinese media & commentors News/Article

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u/JayTongue Jul 19 '21

I understand why Kodak did this, but it's still upsetting. It's a smart business move to make sure Kodak plays nice with a massive and growing economy, especially given the manufacturing prowess and growing consumer market that China possesses.

However, assisting the erasure of the Uyghur people seems to fly in the face of the spirit of photograhy. The medium is rooted on recording moments for the future. Kodak is doing the opposite.

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u/matigol1906 Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

Kodak is a big name, but a really fragile company at the moment, to start a war with one of the most important countries in regard to supplying materials

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u/I_Recommend Jul 19 '21

Kodak is a national asset in terms of IP and research so surely, I'd like to believe the US government would not let them collapse. After all, corporate bailouts are one of the great American pastimes. It would be an incredibly bad indictment on the US for them to allow China to crush one of the greatest American companies over a single internet post criticising Winnie.

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u/JayTongue Jul 19 '21

The international community kind of already has rolled over on this issue. There could be actual sanctions they levy against Winnie except the global economy is down and restrictions would forestall recovery.

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u/I_Recommend Jul 20 '21

True, and only Russia is allowed to play the big baddy in the East, because they're too poor to sell us anything.

I'm not sure any large government truly cares about human rights when there is ongoing genocide and now indiscriminate killing of civilians in Myanmar by the army and most governments are still happy to do business with the Junta particularly if it is behind closed doors. I give Myanmar as an example where other countries could more easily intervene (compared to China), and where there is also a lot of undisputed evidence. At least China is strongly relevant to US foreign interests compared to Myanmar but they're so entwined with China they still do nothing concrete, along with everyone else. Humanity is still so cooked despite being so advanced, isn't it?

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u/Jrbdog Jul 20 '21

Kodak isn't nearly as important as they once were. I don't think the US government would really care that much if Kodak went under. They've already gone bankrupt once.

Plus, remember what happened the last time the government invested in Kodak?

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u/the_spookiest_ Jul 19 '21

Fuck them. The film is made in the u.s as is the chemicals.

Fuck their growing economy too, what other film will they use? Ilford? FUJI?!

That’s about all that is around now a days, and if they all told CCP to piss off. Well. Sucks for Winnie the shit.

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u/sillo38 Jul 19 '21

The film definitely is, but I don't think most of the chemistry is made in the US anymore.

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u/the_spookiest_ Jul 19 '21

Hmm. Strange. My stuff says “made in u.s.a”

Regardless. Film is probably their biggest seller. So it them where it hurts.

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u/limeyptwo Jul 19 '21

"Made in the USA" can mean anything up to that the final product underwent final assembly and packaging within the United States.