5 ms·
It really is a lowest common denominator. American companies would never impose American values, but they'll bend the knee to any authoritarian country with a j
by whateveracct 5y ago
It really is a lowest common denominator. American companies would never impose American values, but they'll bend the knee to any authoritarian country with a juicy market.
- mrtksn 5y agoCan you please describe what it means to "bend a knee"? It sounds like following the local laws to me. Do you mean something else? What else they are supposed to do? Act as a rough agent? Be the East India Company of the century, recruit mercenaries and compel foreign nations to work they see fit?
- gsich 5y agoDon't sell stuff in that country and act like the saviour of human rights in the other.
- fabrika 5y agoThere is no law in Russia that prevents Apple from hosting an app called Navalny published by Roman Rubanov. The content of the app is also legal even by Russian standards: it is basically a list of officially registered candidates supported by Navalny.
- mrtksn 5y agoMaybe you should e-mail Apple and tell them. Give them a law and a business lesson. Anyway, the idea is that legal or not, it's up to the Russian people to create the environment. Maybe it's legal according to the text(I wouldn't know, not a Russian lawyer) but due to the corruption and power distribution maybe Putin can simply do whatever he wants. A gadget company cannot fix this, if you like to fix it you need to fix it yourself and then you can have companies publishing the Apps you like. You cannot delegate the job of creating a government and juridical system that has integrity to an American company. It's unreasonable to expect such a thing.
- pjc50 5y ago> American companies would never impose American values s/never/always, without even realising/ (they globalised FOSTA/SESTA, for example)
- vetinari 5y agoThey are not supposed to impose American values abroad. How would you like, if Chinese companies would be imposing Chinese values in US? Exactly.