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But you can choose not to visit the dirty houses. Apple could choose to honor principles and not sell in China. But market share is more important. This is a
by ams6110 9y ago
But you can choose not to visit the dirty houses.
Apple could choose to honor principles and not sell in China. But market share is more important.
This is a similar argument we had a couple decades ago about companies doing business in South Africa, which at the time had official racial segregation policies (Apartheid). There was a popular push for divestment and it was fairly successful.
- FussyZeus 9y ago> Apple could choose to honor principles and not sell in China. But market share is more important. They're a corporation, their sole ethic is "to make money," full stop, that is the only reason Apple exists. To ignore China as a market would cost them millions if not billions of dollars. Tons of businesses with very ethical practices operate in and with China. China's current anti-privacy stances are unfortunate, but if we refuse to do business with them, all we're doing is giving a leg-up to Chinese corporations who don't even pretend to care about user privacy in the form of an insulated market.
- notyourday 9y agoI'm glad you are starting to acknowledge that Apple will sell its users for money. It is just for now it seems to have other venues to get that money. Except in China where it needs to sell its users to the government in order to be able to extract money from that market right now.
- pvg 9y agoThey're a corporation, their sole ethic is "to make money," full stop, that is the only reason Apple exists. That's a reductive and inaccurate trope which also seems at odds with and unrelated to the rest of your comment.