"We firmly oppose the 25 percent tariff imposed on our company on domestic sales, which is a discriminatory protectionism. We see this as a step backwards to hinder the free market policies that we have been preaching and not to the development of technology products.

Secondly, the 25% tariff will not have much impact on our company, but will be borne by its own consumers. It's not fair to them, and they deserve the convenience of advanced technology.

Finally, we will continue to devote ourselves to the technology research and development in the field of smart AR, and invite more technology companies to join it. We are willing to provide relevant technical support and related services for these enterprises to help them develop excellent products and serve the majority of users. ”

This is Wu Hao's response, although the words are not sharp enough, but it also expresses their determination to strongly oppose it.

And in the response, it was also made clear that this increase of 25% would not stop them, nor would it have any impact on them, but would pass on this part of the cost to their domestic consumers.

At this stage, there are no other mature AR devices that can compare with Wu Hao's products. In other words, even the 25 percent tariff will not be able to shake their market position.

Immediately after this announcement, the price of related products they sold to Canada showed a 25% increase.

And this naturally made Canadian consumers dissatisfied, some Canadian consumers began to leave messages on foreign social software, opposing this price increase initiative, and even many people went to Haoyu Technology's official website and social accounts to leave messages of protest.

Even, nearly 200 Haoyu technology users actually raised flags in front of the Canadian parliament to protest.

So much so that in the end, the parliament had to come forward to respond, saying that this move was aimed at safeguarding the market rights and interests of Canadian domestic technology companies and electronic products, and accused Haoyu Technology of using electronic equipment to destroy Canada's innovation and research and development capabilities in the field of related intelligent electronic devices.

Yes, it is the usual routine of these politicians again, and they have poured sewage on them again.

In this regard, Wu Hao was not polite, and responded directly on his Weibo.

"No matter how much you beautify, you can't hide your greedy face. Ridiculous accusations, stupid slander. There are too many advanced technologies and products in the world, is it a kind of suppression of it, is it paranoia of victimization, it is recommended to see a psychiatrist.

For users and consumers in Canada, I'm really sorry, we really didn't mean to raise the price, this 25% is completely imposed on us, and it is also imposed on you, we have no other way.

However, in view of our apologies, we have decided to give you some discounts on the paid value-added services in these products.

All new consumers who purchase our related products can enjoy any three-month free use of the paid value-added services included in their products. ”

Of course, this is not because of Wu Hao's apology, it was not their fault in the first place, where did the apology come from. He is not a rotten good man, nor is he a saint*.

The reason why the three-month usage fee for any paid value-added service is waived is actually to attract more consumers. This sudden increase in price by 25% will definitely cause a lot of consumer dissatisfaction, and the market sales will also decrease, so they will use this method for marketing.

The cost of the freemium service for these three months is only a dozen dollars, which may not seem like much, but it adds up to a very objective number. Of course, the 25 percent increase in the sales price is certainly not worth mentioning.

Because it's a virtual service product, the cost is very low, and with the promotion to the consumer, they don't actually have much to lose.

In addition to Canada, in Europe, Asia, including South America, and domestic, Wu Hao has also carried out a wide range of promotional activities. Although the price of the product has not been much, the discount of the corresponding content product has increased a lot.

Some places even offer paid value-added service packages that are free for up to one year, in order to attract more consumers.

Of course, in addition to attracting consumers and increasing sales, this marketing strategy is actually to revitalize their entire ecological application market. This preferential activity is bound to attract a large number of relevant application developers to join it, so as to further expand their system application ecosystem to increase their own strength.

And GSong also reacted quickly, and announced that it would spend a billion dollars to encourage application developers to develop related applications for the Android AR system.

I have to say that the brand of G song is still very loud, and after this news was announced, it still won the welcome of many developers.

In this regard, Wu Hao and they did not follow suit, if this is the case, the two sides will inevitably go back and forth to face each other. In the end, both sides will lose and lose, and it will be the app developers who will benefit.

And they are now trying their best to avoid confrontation with G songs, and they can drag on as long as they can. On the one hand, it is to buy time for yourself, carry out a global layout, and prepare for the battle.

On the other hand, if they really start a head-on confrontation, they will inevitably suffer a more severe blow from the United States, which is very unfavorable to them.

So the other way they do this is by reducing the cost of the services that come with them, so that they can attract these developers to stay for the long term.

For example, Wu Hao and they have formulated a set of long-term cooperation ladder dividend policy, the longer they are on the market, the higher the share ratio of these application developers, and the lower the service fee of Wu Hao's platform.

With an annual adjustment, developers can get up to 80 percent of the percentage, but that won't be until five years from now.

Today's applications have a very short lifespan, with most applications actually living for months. There are very few that can exceed a year, and very few that exceed three years.

For more than five years, there are basically only those applications of large enterprises, such as a certain treasure, Weibo and so on. It is already very good to cooperate with them and charge a service fee of 20%, and even a mall like a certain treasure, the service fee will be lower, only 10% or even lower.

Although the service fee is lower, the turnover of these software is high, so the profit is naturally more.

For these app developers, the low service fee is naturally very beneficial to them, especially some shopping or fee-based service apps, which are the foundation of the entire ecosystem.