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> Apple had a choice, and chose profits over privacy by spying for the CCP with it's software Apple had a choice, and those chose to be able to operate in Chin
by dwaite 5y ago
> Apple had a choice, and chose profits over privacy by spying for the CCP with it's software
Apple had a choice, and those chose to be able to operate in Chinese markets (including for manufacturing) over blatantly breaking Chinese law.
Apple's fight with the FBI over the San Bernardino shooter phone instance was made possible by them having legal recourse in the US to do so. Remember that Apple is only a corporation because the government allows them to be one.
- bduerst 5y agoThe legality isn't relevant to choosing to kowtow to government spying. It would have also been legal for Google to operate project Dragonfly, but they chose user privacy instead.
- dwaite 5y agoYou say kowtow, I say keep essential manufacturing going. Upset the CCP enough, you might not even get parts out of China to assemble elsewhere. Perhaps why Apple has invested in having multiple sources for all of their components, multiple manufacturing facilities in different countries, etc.