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Why should Apple be the only ones making money hand over fist from China (and be lauded for their eye popping revenues every quarter)
by skc 8y ago
Why should Apple be the only ones making money hand over fist from China (and be lauded for their eye popping revenues every quarter)
- enitihas 8y agoNot just that, but their CEO was even invited to a Chinese government conference where he backed their vision of the 'open' Internet.
- hahahaha23 8y agoMaking phones is different from helping censorship. Although admittedly, their phone operation is also controversial by letting works work extensively.
- ehsankia 8y agoYeah, why censor when you can collect all your users' data and give it straight to the government. https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/apples-icloud-user-data-in-china-is-now-handled-by-a-state-owned-mobile-operator/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/apples-icloud-user-data-in... Do you honestly think that's less bad than blocking a few websites that are already blocked and can be bypassed by VPN?
- est 8y agoFYI Google makes money in China alright. It only closed the search function, not AdWords.