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What control does the west have over their tools? They write the software themselves. They make the devices themselves. The West has 0 leverage.
by crowbahr 8y ago
What control does the west have over their tools?
They write the software themselves. They make the devices themselves.
The West has 0 leverage.
- Razengan 8y agoWell, in TFA, the app in question is distributed via Apple’s & Google's app stores.
- est31 8y agoIf Apple took that app down, they'd disappear in the blink of an eye. Doesn't make it right to keep it up but they have no power whatsoever. It's the basic dilemma in any authoritarian society: do you want to protect your values or yourself. Choose one, and often you get neither. Being able to protect both is a luxury.
- jessaustin 8y agoIf they made the ad again today, the hammers would be thrown in the other direction.
- jdietrich 8y agoThe Google Play Store is not available in China; Android apps are distributed in China through a variety of Chinese-based app stores. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billions-in-china.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billion...
- Razengan 8y agoAh sorry, I assumed Android == Google Play Store.
- leavjenn 8y agoAnd you can't rate & review this app on Apple App Store.[0] I think only some apps made by Apple have this privilege. [0]https://imgur.com/a/60gdRZs https://imgur.com/a/60gdRZs
- Razengan 8y agoThat's interesting...and disturbing. Why? Someone should press Tim Cook about this.
- candiodari 8y agoNo they shouldn't. If anything this protects people. Just imagine people getting "caught" rating this. If it wasn't impossible, people might accidentally rate it badly. This would do nothing to stop this, but might really be a problem for them.
- arduanika 8y ago> 0 leverage How about trade policies that take into account human rights? Unless you include western politicians and newspapers among "their tools". In that case, you're right, we have no hope of exercising leverage.