> The walled garden also relies enormously on Apple - a publicly traded for profit enterprise - being a benign benefactor, which to date has been (relatively) t

> The walled garden also relies enormously on Apple - a publicly traded for profit enterprise - being a benign benefactor, which to date has been (relatively) true. Only outside China. In China, you'll find protest apps banned [1], websites blocked at the system level [2], VPN apps banned, and more [3]. One could say they're just complying with Chinese law, like any other company doing business in China would be forced to. But that's misleading - other companies have not put themselves in the position of jailers of their users, so when they are forced to follow the law, their users are much less harmed. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50009971 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50009971 [2] https://theintercept.com/2023/01/26/apple-china-censorship-hong-kong-gitlab/ https://theintercept.com/2023/01/26/apple-china-censorship-h... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Apple#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Apple#China