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What are you talking about? Google bends over backwards to support China. I would hope that this comment is not informing you for the first time that the Great
by urda 9y ago
What are you talking about? Google bends over backwards to support China. I would hope that this comment is not informing you for the first time that the Great Firewall [1] exists and Google China [2] happily complies just like Apple, that is how law works.
Where are you getting this idea of "walked away with some dignity and authenticity left"?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Firewall
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China
- wlesieutre 9y agoGoogle did leave, but then they went back https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/why-google-quit-china-and-why-its-heading-back/424482/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/why-g...
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- lern_too_spel 9y agoGoogle China is outside the Great Firewall and is therefore both not subject to Chinese censorship rules and subject to getting blocked by the Great Firewall. That's the key distinction. Since Apple operates inside the Great Firewall, they have to do what the Chinese government asks.