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TikTok is one thing, but WeChat is essentially an operating system for everyone in China. I wonder if they will demand WeChat be removed from the App Store ever
by coldcode 6y ago
TikTok is one thing, but WeChat is essentially an operating system for everyone in China. I wonder if they will demand WeChat be removed from the App Store everywhere. Given you can't do any commerce, a US company (like Apple) likely cannot comply with this ruling without banning the whole app.
- Udik 6y agoAt which point I think China should ban iPhones. You cannot allow a company to sell to your country a product from which your country's most important applications are banned.
- perennate 6y agoYes, it would be great for the American people if China bans iPhones -- Apple would have less of an economic incentive to follow arbitrary and brutally repressive takedown demands from the CCP government like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19997188 Also, hope the US bans Xiaomi phones for the same reason, since applications like Facebook don't appear in the Mi Store.