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I posit that there are two issues here: profit and rights for women. Now it seems to me that the real issue is profits over the rights of women. But please educ
by thatoneyouthrow 8y ago
I posit that there are two issues here: profit and rights for women. Now it seems to me that the real issue is profits over the rights of women. But please educate me on how this is a "multi-faceted" issue if I have left something out.
Maybe Apple and Google are entitled to make money from Saudi Arabia's oppression of women? Once again, please make your case.
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- nl 8y agoNo I don't believe that Google or Apple should make money from the oppression of women. I believe this app is free, so they don't appear to be in this case. Nevertheless, I'd like to see it removed. But nor do I believe that Sundar Pichai or Tim Cook were aware of this app previously or had any personal responsibility for it. Nor do I think they should be vilified for shaking hands with MBS prior to the murder of Khashoggi, and especially not prior to the Yemeni war.
- thatoneyouthrow 8y agoDid Tim Cook not realize Saudi Arabia executed homosexuals before he shook his hand? Can he really feign ignornance?
- nl 8y agoI believe at the time there was an optimism that MBS would be a positive for change. Remember the optimism around when he announced the changes to allow women to drive...
- JetSpiegel 8y agoThey arrested activists campaigning for women's right to drive days before that. The optimism was propaganda from the start.