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Not really. They can't do business in China if they don't follow their laws.
by dkonofalski 8y ago
Not really. They can't do business in China if they don't follow their laws.
- criley2 8y ago"Just following orders" is a terrible rationalization for doing bad things.
- denzil_correa 8y agoWhat's the alternative recommendation for Apple?
- floren 8y agoI'd respect them more if they refused to do business in China. Not good for the company, sure, but it'd give me warm fuzzies.
- acdha 8y agoIsn't that something of the nuclear option? Not doing business in China has to be a multi-trillion dollar project duplicating most of the computer assembly industry somewhere else.
- eridius 8y agoIsn't that literally what they're doing with News, though? Apple is doing business in China but Apple News isn't available. They're not censoring news stories or altering them for Chinese audiences, it's simply not available.
- sneak 8y agoThis is a very good point.
- iwasakabukiman 8y agoTo me, it feels as if “just following orders” is a different order of magnitude than disregarding a country’s rules and laws. They might be the same broad concept, but I think it’s a much larger conversation than just following orders. I don’t agree with the decision to censor in China but it feels like an unrealistic comparison to make here.
- criley2 8y ago"is a different order of magnitude than disregarding a country’s rules and laws" Apple seems willing to disregard American laws regarding backdoors, national security, and access to device information. I find it interesting that we're all proud that Apple will "stand up" to the US federal government and resist attacks on privacy and liberties, but then so many turn around justify them doing the exact opposite in China. "Well, when in Rome..." sounds like an awfully convenient rationalization as well.
- Gaelan 8y agoThe US has mechanisms for challenging unjust laws without getting arrested. China doesn’t.
- criley2 8y agoOh, so the tyrannical nature of China makes it just, moral and good to assist in the tyranny?
- mehrdada 8y ago> Apple seems willing to disregard American laws regarding backdoors, national security, and access to device information. Which American law did they disregard? Unilateral opinions from one branch of government are not "laws".
- dkonofalski 8y agoApple hasn't disregarded any US laws. The Constitution specifically protects their ability to act in the ways they did. The Chinese government, however, does not. This isn't an Apples to apples comparison.