>I thought that Apple, with all the power they have, could perhaps say to the Chinese gov... "No, the app stays!" China and Apple and (with all the power), the

>I thought that Apple, with all the power they have, could perhaps say to the Chinese gov... "No, the app stays!" China and Apple and (with all the power), the power discrepancies are so far in China favor that - China would just block Apple entirely and not blink. W/o China's blessing Apple won't produce a single phone... About being disappointed - Apples holds one of the most abhorable practices when it comes to repair and maintainability. For instance I still don't understand how their laptops don't have conformal coating.