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Apple actually refused to help the FBI in the iphone case, at least that's the public story. When Trump issued his muslim ban, quite many tech companies issued
by est31 7y ago
Apple actually refused to help the FBI in the iphone case, at least that's the public story. When Trump issued his muslim ban, quite many tech companies issued public statements that condemned it. Google themselves had a letter to their employees. Yet in this instance, they not only comply, they also don't issue any statements of reluctance, at least none that I could find.
Surely, that sentence of mine was exaggerating. They clearly were forced. But they certainly don't care much about it or their reaction would have been different.
- analyst74 7y agoOne of the main difference between the muslim ban and huawei ban is how sentiment towards muslims in California, and to an extension, the liberal circles, which those tech executives belong to. Muslims are generally sympathized in those circles, while huawei, and to a lesser extent, China, does not garner any sympathy, so the executives feel no moral obligation to condemn this.