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by brudgers 5349 days ago
Comparing "Samsung profits" to Apple's profits is meaningless - Samsung is not a single entity but a group of 83 interlocked companies (chaebol) which is largely controlled by the founder's decedents.

As a matter of scale and impact, Samsung accounts for 13% of South Korea's GDP.

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But, Apple's net income is greater than Samsung's according to Wikipedia.