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The law often doesn't follow 'common sense' rules that laymen imagine. You can think of it like a semantic error in your code. The computer/legal system does w
by awakeasleep 7y ago
The law often doesn't follow 'common sense' rules that laymen imagine.
You can think of it like a semantic error in your code. The computer/legal system does what it was programmed to do, not 'the right thing'
- techntoke 7y agoWhat law? Aren't they primarily an American company? Does this mean that they will give up customer information to the Chinese government if required by law there?
- derekp7 7y agoRemember where all of Apple's products are manufactured.
- irq 7y agoYes, it does in fact mean that and, yes, Apple has already done that. In fact, Apple’s iCloud infra is state owned and operated in China [1]. 1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351
- threeseed 7y agoJust because a company is American doesn't mean they can flout the laws of a country they are selling products into. Think about it in reverse. Would you accept a Chinese company ignoring US law if they were selling something to US consumers.
- skinnymuch 7y agoBut the app was taken down worldwide. Your example is if the app was only taken down in China, no?
- ACow_Adonis 7y agoI often joke that the law is like an ill-defined programming language, with limited formal testing or pre- production error checks, hazy specifications, running on dynamically changing systems, with no standard compiler/interpreter. In many ways I would have thought web programmers and startup people were some of the best placed minds to understand it :p